intersting i would say lissen to pool operaters who are woth thare grain of solt ie ck and kano thay know thare stuff as thay been oprateing for years
as thay both are devs of thare own pools ck who dev/founded ck pool all so created cgminer
and kano who created/founded his own pool lurn from both of tham
and happy operasion to you bare in mind you need to take into account operasion exspence normaly pools even big ones charge miners a fee in the ball park of 2% to 4%