What do you prefer live or online poker and why and how many hours do you play?

I am curious on peoples thoughts on this. I prefer live poker. I do play online but its just missing a little something. Live poker to me has some kind of draw to it. I guess just seeing someone face as they fall into a trap is what gets me. Also it is nice to see mostly the same faces when you go to play that way you can exploit a tell that you see every day. I play 40- to 60 hours a week.

I definitely prefer live poker. I'm more likely to win for a given day and my money lasts forever. But I think the social factor is what I enjoy the most. I guess I'm with you and that it feels really good when you've read a person correctly and you just massacre them.

I've been playing a lot of live poker lately primarily because at this time its the slow season.

With on-line poker, I felt like I have no control and I feel the cards are a bit unusual.

I have played 3 live SNGs. I played 2/4 limit live for the first time this past Saturday at Foxwoods casino in Connecticut. I must say I enjoyed it very much. There were quite a few fish and almost everyone at the table kept drinking, getting shit faced. Gave me a great edge. I liked the social aspect of it as well. I will mos. def. play live again.

i prefer live poker to anything! but never really get a chance to play live! so i get stuck on this darn comp playing!! i usually play about 8 to 10 hours when i can!! if the tourneys and SNG's run smooth i could be on longer!! I LOVE POKER NO MATTER HOW I PLAY IT!!!! i am a die hard poker player!!!!

As an introvert, I prefer online poker. I also prefer email to phone calls, and working from home to going in to the office.

It's a different game, though, and I know I need to get out there and play live more often. I always enjoy it when I do. Getting there, buying in and sitting down at the table is the hard part.

i prefer live poker and i played it a bit when i lived in florida. but now i live in the bible belt . not much chance for a poker room opening up soon. you can't even buy produce on sunday here, god forbid if you run out of gas

Definitely prefer live games. I like to see people faces and reactions when I play. That's one aspect I hate about online.

Live games are definitely alot better. A few reasons are u cant u pokertracker, sharkscope and what not. Also , the tells on players are so much easier to come across. (You can actually see the players you're up against)

although i prefer live poker. it is nice to just crawl out of bed and grab a cup of coffee and enjot a sit and go without having brushed my hair yet nor changed from my jammys.

Well only having played one live tournament(i was soooooo nervous,lol) i like to play at home in my jammies just for the comfort and convenience factor.

I signed up for a live cash table at a casino once and chickened out when my name was called! Silly, i know!

I think everyone was very nervous there first tournament. I was shaking every bet. I had only played for a few months so that made it worse. Its funny now because I look for these players now!!

I prefer online poker. Basically because there aren't many live games where I'm at. I play between 20-30 hours a week.

I actually like both, depends on if I feel like playing lots of poker hands and really get into having more chances in less time to practice reading cards and peoples betting styles...then I want to play online.

If I want to focus on reading physical tells and have more thoughtful process then of course I prefer to sit at a live table and not feel the speed pressure to make up your mind like in onlinepoker.

Each has a benefit to enhancing your poker skill set. One focuses more on reading lots of boards and one focuses on more thoughtful analysis of the playing field.

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I like to play tourneys on line and when I visit a casino I'll play at the 3-6 tables. I get nervous when the blinds get real big and I feel I could be read like a childrens book. Online tourneys hopefully will give me the ability to break some of my bad habits.

prefer live, but i'm way better at online poker.

For me it's a not even close, live poker is where it's at!

Online poker is 100% fraudulent. Some of the worst & least knowledgeable players I've ever seen, coupled with software that rewards bad play! I've never seen anything like it. I only play with money I win in freerolls. It's simply no way I'd make a deposit.

I live a little over an hr away from Atlantic City. I practically live there on weekends. I even go on weekdays sometimes. To many hours to admit. Put it like this, I'm a Diamond club member at all Harrah's casinos - Caesars, Bally's, Showboat, Flamingo, Rio, Paris, etc. I’ve never paid for anything from a casino.

I smoke, so I prefer online play.
I'm 3 hours from any casino with live poker, so I prefer online play.

I like both live and online play. If I were independantly rich I would play more live.

Value though .. the biggest bang for the buck for someone with limited income is online. I once won a triple shootout with my last 2 bucks that got me a seat in the PS Sunday Million. Made it into the money for around 300 dollars or something like that.

1, 2, 5 or 10 dollar tourneys online pay MORE than the small local live buy ins where when I do play theres usually a deal at the final table for 80 to 300 bucks depnding on relative stack sizes.

So for the amount of investment vs. pay off I play mostly online. However when I'm financially flush and the bills are paid I look for live games and bigger buy-in live tournaments where you can actually win something.

I definately prefer live play however mainly it is with my mates that I play live and don't really like the fact that someone will always lose which may put a bit of a downer on there night, especially as I play for long stretches.

Online I play about 3 hours a day mainly sit and go's 11 out of 15 top 3 so far this week :-)

i prefer online poker for a couple reasons one there r no casinos in my area (for now at least) and two because my poker face s*cks lol now if i could possible learn how to have a better poker face then i may feel more comfortable playing live but til then ill stick to me 50+ hours of online poker

I've only played a couple poker games with family and friends. Nickles and Dime's sorta thing.

Not good enough to play competitively. Although, I play on Zone and I have a PS2 poker game which I try to practice on.

I have not played the ps2 or computer poker games. Non gambling I mean. What are they like?

I like to play live more than online. But I end up playing more poker online, because it's convenient. I think online is good because you get to play so many hands per hour, but live poker seems to be funner to play I think, because you're actually interacting with the other players.

They're not bad. Pretty good for practice.

Overall, I like playing in my dreams, because it doesn't matter what cards we get dealt I'm going to win.Unless, a nightmare happens I still won't be out any money.

One day they'll have online poker with mandatory webcams.

I learned to play live and will always have love for the live game. I'm hard pressed to find a live game during the day so I play mostly online these days. One day I will quit my day job and grind for a living, but untill then, live games will only occupy my weekends. Good luck all.

LOL. That's not an invasion of privacy at all.

it's not if you enter into it under your own accord..

I think there was a online poker site with webcams a year ago. I wonder if its still running?

I prefer live play probably because i've only been playing online for just about 3 years now. I play about 45-55 hours per week playing poker...that's including the casino & home games. GL on the tbls.

Do you work or just play poker??

Each has its own nuances that make it attractive to the individual. I love live games, because it's a throw back to the good ole days, where you can cut the tension with a knife. Something to be said about staring the competition in the eyes as you bust them out of a game or vice versa. Online games for me are a way to pass the time and make a bit of dough while I'm at it. I tried playing multiple games a couple occassions on pokerroom, but soon found it to be too stressful. Anyone ever play multiple games across multiple sites before? That would be crazy....

I play mostly online because its more accessible, but everyonce in while I find a good live game.

I love them both, but perfer live over online. I just like being able to talk to the people I'm playing with rather than typing to them??

I probably play to much....around 5-6 days a week, 8-10 hours each day.

well what are you doing there?? God! (oops! blasphemy! I apologize)
I agree about the roll out of bed thing, but as I came up playing live, i really dont think online can compare. I like it, but it does hurt my eyes if its a long session.
I love almost everything about live poker. For me, even getting there is fun. I get up, decide how much im taking to play with (I keep a wad of cash at home for live poker) leave my bank card, in case i get a blast and wanna play tilted. Then I walk to the ferry, buy a coffee and some breakfast, enjoy the wonderful trip between harbours. Then i take the quick rail to the casino. Theres nothing like the feeling i get going up the escalator, and seeing the poker tables come into view. The social aspect is great, seeing your regular buddies, battling them for glory, and then making some money when the opportunities sit down. And the best part, you dont wait for your money. When you do well, you can celebrate right away (I remember on particular night playing $5-$10 PL Omaha hi, I finished up with over 7k, and took my gf out to the nicest resturaunt in the city, then went late night shopping and bought her [and me] nice new shoes!!)
Live poker is the begining of it all, and everyone should partake at some point. Touching the chips, pulling in a huge stack, its all there. And i find your less likely to make a stupid play when its not just a click. When you have to count out those beautiful shiny checks, its a good time to think more.

Man thats a rant, sorry guys!

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