[BubbleMint]

5/5 nl doesnt strike me as a beginers game.

I would guess the poor (skills wise) players who came to play have been sent to the poor house. So you are left with mediocre-good-strong players.

if the player pool was small to start with, not only have the better players stashed the winnings, the house has raked a considerale amount of money too.

I used to play in a private 1/2 PL game, that was the juciest game around. Consistantly seeing pots of between 300-500, where bottom pair or A high would regually win. The game was sustained by 2 fish from a player pool of about 25.
Only 4 players were long term winners, however now the fish have gone busto the good players ave deserted the game, all thats left now are the mediocre-good players. Only winner now is the house.