Why is live looser and online tighter?

I frustrated by having to adjust my play at the live tables to online
The casino players are looser and it seems more common to have 3,4,5 or the whole table seeing the flop
Online the play is tighter and usually it's only 2 to the flop
What do I do?

What stakes online? I’ve heard that 5NL online is as good as 100NL live.

I play six-handed 4NL and there are plenty of loose tables. Players/flop % is 30%+

People play less hands live so get bored and loosen up.

Recreational live players are said to be generally much much worse than regular recreational online players.

OP: Raise bigger

Online games are full of multi-tabling rakeback nits whereas live players are there to play hands. They're much worse players overall, but also, online players probably play looser live as well because A. it's boring to play 20-25 hands an hour and B. you might as well play a lot of pots with terrible players.

baudib1 said:

Online games are full of multi-tabling rakeback nits whereas live players are there to play hands.

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Lol, I came in here to say this.

blueskies said:

What stakes online? I’ve heard that 5NL online is as good as 100NL live.

I play six-handed 4NL and there are plenty of loose tables. Players/flop % is 30%+

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Thirty percent of 6 players is 2 to the flop
That is tight still
Thirty percent of 9 players would be 3 players
I think a loose live full ring table would be more like 4-5 seeing the flop
That would more like 50 percent

Live is looser because few people go all the way to a casino just to fold hands - it simply isn't fun.

That said, there are different kinds of bad players, so there's no universal solution to the problem - what you need to do is identify who is playing how, and adjust accordingly. There are some players who will see every flop, but then allow themselves to be chased out every time they miss. C-bet these types liberally, or even better, raise preflop in an attempt to isolate them and get more money in. Others will call you down with any pair and chase every draw - in those cases, you have to wait until you hit and then punish them. In all cases, don't be afraid to raise / reraise your good hands preflop, and toss the hands that will get you in trouble rather than fixating on the implied odds of having so many people involved.

grafkarow said:

Recreational live players are said to be generally much much worse than regular recreational online players.

OP: Raise bigger

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yeah good point, if someone is on vacation and they've been playing a little poker in a home game or whatever and want to play in a live casino game ... they are probably going to be much more tolerant of losing $100 .... whereas, a recreational online player is not going to be happy losing even $5


plus, it's easy to fold online ... you don't feel like a wimp, whereas in person, you might be like OH NO YOU DIDNT, oh no you are not pushing me off this hand

I had same problem, when I play live I am very nervous, other player behavior makes me very nervous, play is slower, a lot of noise or talking is problem for me, my discipline is on low level, trying to play online only.

Most live players are there to socialize and have fun, and are more willing to gamble, being at a casino and all. Online players are mostly there to make money. And also for some people it is embarrassing to fold a lot of hands live because the other players might look at you as a wimp. But the best strategy to play with loose players like that is to just play tight and go to value town when you make a hand.

People playing live wanna take flops and make big hands, people playing online want to win money.

casinos deal 30 hands an error. Online tables deal much more, and most people multitable. So online players can afford to be tighter at Full Ring tables.

not too much more to add here. The people have it right. Live players get bored and want action, while on line, you get more hands in mutli table modes.

Multi-tabling online. One table live.

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well i think buy playing online my game at live game has strengthened but all i can advise you ist too tighten up your play

I guess that because live, the players can use their hability to read people, so, you can easily win with a weak hand if you are good on read players. While online, it's harder to do that.

I've always thought that it was the other way around.