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I think that they have no interest to spend time playing low stakes oO but i believe you. The same time i never meet overskilled players in such tournaments.
As for me, you always have to play yourself to understand why it works and how it works. When you look videos you see what they do, but don`t understand why.
May be i mistake, but i think that you need play by yourself to level up.No, you are absolutely right, it goes without saying that practice is very important. What I meant was that you don't necessarily need to play with the best of the best to learn from them, you can watch how they play on YouTube. But, of course, as in any other field, theoretical knowledge is nothing without practice.
I personally think that playing in free-to-enter tournaments is bad for your knowledge of the game, but starting from a $1 buy-in you can get a good initial practice, and then move to a $10 buy-in, which is actually better.