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So I've become addicted to Rush poker. There I was, happy in my decision to go back to STT's, and going along nicely - had improved my "decade starting roll" of $200, to $300, and then along comes rush poker. I gave it a tentative go, didn't do very well, then went back to the sit'n'go. I had a bit of a bad run, and found my bankroll back down to $270, so I thought I'd give rush another go. My bankroll is now $380, and right now I can't think of a better way to try and build my bankroll. I can play so many more hands playing rush poker, that it doesn't make any sense to play sit'n'go's right now - rush poker opens the door to the Full Tilt Ironman status for me, it's much easier to play (can play on any PC as it doesn't require a HUD - although I'm sure this will come, though I'm not sure how right now, as you only get to see which players are playing where from a hand history, and by the time this comes, that table is history), and seeing as I get rakeback from FT, it's a win-win.
The long term aim is to being playing sit'n'go's mainly, with the odd MTT thrown in, as I don't think I'm much of a cash player - but I do find 6-max rush poker quite straightforward and some of the play is horrendous.
Sets are very interesting playing rush poker. I'm finding that if I flop a set, it's easy to double up, as top pairs are not folding. However, on the flipside, playing against sets is tough at times. In a normal cash game, you have a lot of info, but with rush you don't know if a player is the type who go OTT with a top pair Q kicker type hand, or a decent player who is only shoving with a made hand. Playing at $10NL, if I have AA and I meet opposition on a K,8,2 rainbow flop - I'd say it's probably profitable to presume a player hasn't got a set when they shove over the top on the flop. I have been caught a couple of times, but there have been a few times when I've doubled up in this type of hand.
Obviously there are clues you can pick up - for example, of someones bet sizing is good, I'm more likely to give them credit. Or if they limp-call, I'm less likely to give them credit. But it can be tough, and I know I'll get caught out a few times.

But I have to say, Full Tilt have come up with something quite groundbreaking, and it will be interesting to see how the other poker sites deal with this.