His explanation is asinine. If the rake is so high that a professional who knows positive EV plays can't make a profit, what chance does an amateur have. In his example, the guy that played the higher rake games didn't win, he just loss less. I would rather play with better caliber players, lose the money, and consider it the fee for the learning. The whole concept of poker being a game of skill and not just
gambling, rests on pot
odds and positive EV plays. If the rake gets that high, players should stop playing there. The only game I know that the player has a chance of putting the odds in his/her favor other than poker is black jack. And if you actually use real strategy by counting cards, that will probably get you banned or worse. These jackpot sit-n-gos probably have extra rake built in. There is no way to know just how random the bigger jackpots are. At a normal table, winning a third of the time would break even. At the minimum jackpot, that now means winning half of the time just to break even. It is becoming obvious that his interest is in making money for the house and not professional poker players. Amateur poker players are supposed to lose. At least have the decency to have it be possible to make money once the lessons are learned