He isnt unfair, he just wants to show you how one gappers are a fair bit worse at straights than real-connectors.

Anyways, you should really look into getting a non-poker job for now. Playing shorthanded as the only income source, when you are still just laerning it, is asking for trouble. Limit shorthanded has a lot of variance. If you are making some frequent errors along the way, it can become really rough.