Here in FL, the only live cash games offered are $1/2 and straight $2 Hold 'Em. I've played these games with mixed results. The problem I've encountered are that nearly all of the players are dreadful. I can usually find a way to exploit a weak player or two and take their money. But when every player is so bad, I feel like luck plays a bigger role in the outcome.

I can't help but feel that when 60 % of the players see the flop, and nobody folds when they should, that getting burned by the turn and river is inevitable. I can't count the number of times when my AA gets killed by 2/3 or 3/5 offsuit. People have zero comprehension of ideas like position and will keep playing if they have a longshot draw or bottom pair. The result is that few people make money in the longrun. Big pots are simply exchanged and the lucky person benefits.

I've argued with a friend who feels he can read up and learn how to play the game well. I tend to think that this sort of loose game is nothing but luck. In a game where multiple people will see the flop with literally any two cards, and where players see the hand through the river, that the element of skill is taken away. While the skillful player can do marginally well over the long run, the loose $1/2 game is extremely difficult to beat.

Edit- Just to add a few examples.

I finally pick up KK in late position. Early position raises to $4. I counter by re-raising to $6, he caps it at $8. He doesn't note that I haven't played a hand in about thirty minutes (excluding the blinds) and that his A/3 is very likely dominated or drawing to one overcard. After calling by bet on the ragged flop, he picks up an Ace on the turn. Realizing I've probably been outdrawn, I simply call to the river and look at his A/3. Another guy shows down his 7/9 offsuit with which he'd made one pair.

I can't for the life of me understand why people call multiple pre-flop raised with marginal and rag hands. When I say rag hand, I literally mean cards like 4/6 and 3/7 offsuit. After playing it for many hours, I agree with one of the dealers who calls it "bingo poker".