That's not entirely true, because I was told something by a pro friend of mine once and I have come to realize that it is the truest statement for poker. He said "if you can't be better than the lowest people in a group then how can you ever expect to be better than the best." A true poker player knows how to adjust his play to go against ALL opponents. When you play in a tourney if you can't adjust your play and play everyone like you are playing against pros, then that doesn't mean you should be playing against pros. It means you should learn how to adjust your play. Even in high stakes play there are donks and if you can't play against them then you will just continue to lose, no matter how high of stakes you play. For example, the WSOP main event has one of the softest fields of all time. Real pros take advantage of the soft field and if you notice there are always 5-7 pros in the top 10 and 3-5 donks. That means the lucky donks are on top and the pros manipulated the unlucky donks to gain chips. Stop complaining and educate yourself on how to play at lower levels (go old school style. Tight Agressive).