YoYo,

So I have been dabbling with $5 and $10 games they have on Stars. Has anyone here actually beat these for a decent sample?

First of all, the $5 games have 10% rake. The rake does get lower as you increase the buyin. With only 10bb starting stacks + antes, with blinds progressing like this every 2 minutes: 25/50 - 35/70 - 50/100 - 200/400 -300/600! (With huge antes) And big stacks calling you with almost ATC in order to get a KO, the variance is insane. Somehow I still want to be able to grind these out, they are fun and full of fish. I don't mind formats with small edges and crazy variance.
Anyways, I have played around 6k of these and have a combined ROI of about -3%. I have been a sng pro for many years, and have always prided myself with having one of the highest ROI's.

Would Stars ever put out a game that wasn't beatable? What can I do to get better at these? I feel ICMIZER alone isn't enough as I think there is more to discuss about winning strategy. Things like negative EV overcalling allin early in order to get a stack and multiple KO's.

If anyone has any knowledge of these, or could recommend a coach for me, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.