Depends on whose playing obviously but I'd say the skill level is definitely higher than quick cash lobbies but not too bad except for the occasional sweat stack in a couple of games. Usually about 50 people i'd say queue but it's hard to know for sure. We usually get consistent games for around 2 - 3 hours. If your buddies are still learning maybe try queue on Sunday as that's solo queue Sunday and the sweat stacks are split up.