Im playing for over a year now on pokerstars party unibet and betsson. I feel like its getting more and more difficult the level go up ,very tight games even on unibet. I play buyin till 20 $ do you Guys think the same?
Mr. fundriver just shared partly what i think. I have started to play again a year ago, I was surprisingly profitable, never supposed results like I had in the summer months, partly it was because Mr. fundriver explanation. I note a lot, and nowadays 50% of those regular loser players left, disappeared - sometimes I see few, just coming back for a while after months off - but there are always new ones, not so many, a bigger percentage of the new players are better, but still okay on my level, no complain because of difficulty - always only the 'funny' rngs...
Anyway, in the last 1 month, I've played 10-15 out of my buyin range tourneys 50+$, and it is not really enough saying as fact, but it looks weaker for me than the low, micro field in the specific tourneys I regularly play - of course I have selected from the high buyins, what looked like weaker than the average, but still, I was a bit surprised, played 4 100$, and cashed out 3 times.... and it wasn't so hard, often it is more difficult reach ITM in the low level...
I don't think, it generally changed at all, compare to 10-15 years or even just 1 year ago. (i could say many things what definitely changed in the room operator companies...) I always played in several rooms, always avoid few, nowadays not much, as the tourney offers are limited, but took attention what I play. There are few tourneys in the day what was very good, my favourite ones 6+ months ago, but nowadays, I rarely play them, as a small cirlce reg, tight players fulfill 70-80% of the field everyday, so better to avoid.. (30-40% of the tourneys I play nowadays, never would play 10+ years ago, as the options were wilder, so plenty better was out there, perhaps that's why you think it is getting more difficult, you play what is simply not for you, I make the same mistake often - poor tourney options... - instead of don't play, wait for the ideal ones.)