I think that it depends of on the caliber of the players that you're with. I've always had a good run with pocket Aces. But I play with the same bunch, everyone's reasonably savvy and genrerally they all play the odds. If someone goes hard pre-flop, most get out of the way.
I don't play on-line but I guess that you'll strike all sorts on the web.
That said, I got taken out a couple of games ago by our resident Maniac. He's always knocked out early, but on this occassion he took me down first on an outlandish call that came through for him.
