Jim wrote.......

"I would find committing for 25 weeks would be impossible."

Don't forget that you can miss four weeks & have it not affect you. If some can't play 21 out of 25 weeks then so be it. It's not for everyone & we can't make everyone happy. Some won't be able to play on Wednesdays or some other night & so on...Also, team play is not an option. Everyone plays for themselves & earns their way to the World Series of Poker. Testing yourself against others is part of it all.

As to...

"Then their are also the Computer programs, that automatically analyse the hands and give the mathematics for possibilities."

If you are worried about such programs then maybe online poker is not for you. Myself, I don't worry about them.

Andy - Las Vegas