Wow, on-line poker is so boring compared to the real thing...

Finally got a chance to play in the casino a couple of times over the last month... I just find the whole experience to be a lot more entertaining the on-line game. I can interact with people, my eyes aren't twitching from looking at a screen for hours, and best of all... I get to collect cash after i'm done.

Gotta love it!

Uhhyup.

Playing at a casino is way way way more fun, so much more action from live donks.... even though its dealt at a WAYYYY slower pace. When I go thru the day theres so many rich old asian people that want to play poker and will call down with any pair, so delicious.

Its like 15-20 hands an hour instead of 300++ online, meh oh well.

It's easier to read people in live poker, plus, you get to conversate more. Live poker is more fun, but I still enjoy online as well.

This is like saying sex is better live... yes, I agree.

As AG says (I believe it's AG), live =/= online

have to agree as well

It depends on your perspective. If you want to see a bunch of hands per hour and play more situations then online is better. However if you enjoy the feel of playing poker(cards, chips, dealer, etc) then live is a lot better. I enjoy live more because of the above and because the idiots try to give you money.

On the flip side of live poker is the people who wont shut up or constantly annoy you with stupid bs. Also because the players are so bad, plenty of bad beats.

That's the same for both.

i agree. although home games are the very best. you can suffer a beat down at a home game and your friends are there to laugh at ya and make you feel better. there are so many times where i need my laptop to be my friend and make me laugh.

[x] live poker more entertaining
[x] online poker more profitable do the sheer number of hands (1k vs. whatever casinos deal per hour for me)
[ ] online poker is boring
[ ] live poker is better than live sex
[x] online poker is better than online sex

Live poker is pretty boring for me. Lot of time sitting doing nothing but watching the action waiting for another hand to be dealt. But it is a good exercise for patience.

Try 12 tabling live poker

Tiffany Michelle is my only reason to play live poker. People can read me so easily. Online? Not so much.

I have been playing at the casino pretty regular the last couple of months. It has been more profitable for me, simply because of being able to read the other players better, plus there are so many things to distract you when you play online. I can see it very profitable when multi-tabling and the amount of hands but nothing compares to live games in my opinion

[x] Depends entirely on the stakes

If we're comparing playing $200NL live vs 12-tabling $200NL online then you're right.

If we're comparing playing $2000NL live vs 12-tabling $200NL online though... then it's a much closer thing.

True, and the fact that live poker is so much easier than online makes it possible to play higher limits live. Just saying in general it's really tough to make it as a live pro unless you're really really good. I know some 200nl and even at least one 100nl FR player making a living off the game online.

I play these live games in the town I just moved to and BOY, is it fun. They have small tournaments with some pretty ok players, and some completely WILD cash games. In a typical hand in these cash games there will be a raise from the BB of 50 cents to about 2-4 bucks and there will be four callers. It is unreal how loose and bad these guys are. It is easy to take a bad beat since they'll call you down with just about anything, but playing tight-aggressive has left me with a profit every time but once.

Online sucks these days... Just when I think I finally have found a donk or two they two out me on the river.

WOW! Am i the only player that would rather ten table than play live any day of the week?

FYP

I dunno about online being that much more profitable than live. I know of a 1/2 game at a casino called Newcastle around here where its not unusual for a good reg to walk out with 1k profit. Now thats not just recreational table time, thats over a span of atleast 10 hours for the most part, but for me live table play especially in 1/2/5 rock has been swell.

And it's not unusual for a 1/2 live player to win $1k in the span of an hour.

A guy at my table got pock KK, about 7 times.... needless to say he probably made about $800-900 ish. It was so sick, after the 4th or 5th time the table was so excited lol, people reloading like mad.

Not to mention not only did he win every showdown, but he got paid off pretty much every time. (not by me thankfully).

Finally got a chance to play live about a month ago. Me and some friends went to Tampa to the Hard Rock Casino. Travelled 12 hours because we aren't 21 lol. But I made about $600 in 4 days down there. So much easier to read people and I didn't get screwed on the river every time haha. Hands down live action is 20 million times better! At one table I sat with $70. It was NL 1/2. Walked away in about 5 hours with $559 haha.

lol live is tougher? Assuming you're a typical live winner but can't seem to win online so blame it on being "all a coin flip"?

I've seen that happen in 1/2/5 rock, but not in a reg 1/2 game. Most i have ever seen earned in an hour is around 500-650 somewhere in there. I couldn't imagine it getting much crazier than that for an hour of play.

I enjoy live a lot better than online for most of the reasons already mentioned.

Sitting at a computer getting headaches alone isn't much fun to me. Yes you see more hands, but that doesn't make up for the solitude and non poker feel. Playing live, with chips, and reads, and cash and cards is just so much more valuable in terms of enjoyment. Reading players is so valuable and the inability to do it online is a real negative (yes you can get reads online, but lets not pretend its even close to playing live).

The community of players in a casino is pretty nice to have too. Poker is a social game, and online makes the social part of it way to hard to happen.

Live games are much more exciting than online to me. I am lucky enough to have a card room pretty close, and rarely play online anymore. Its just not what I would want to do with my time, or money when I have the other option.

The best thing about online is no tipping.

You know of a 1/2/5 online game? For multi-tablers one hour is like 1300 hands. At 1/2 to go up 5 buy-ins isn't a lot in that many hands (as with going down, which is what I did )

And about half the rake, 5% vs. 10% from what I've seen.

Playing in a casino, is probably alot different, but you do have to think of it this way some of those people play poker for a living thats what they do all day everyday, so sometimes the odds are not as good as playing online, but yes definately alot different.

THATS GOOD TO KNOW THAT PLAYING LIVE IS BETTER THAN ONLINE. IVE NEVER PLAYED LIVE BEFORE IN A CASINO AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BORING BECAUSE OF THE LESS HANDS U GET TO PLAY AN HOUR

While it would seem that live would be more boring, it is not. With live poker you are physically involved and immersed in the environment. You're only connection with online is the computer screen. With live poker you can actually study your opponent, play with your chips, the involvement is more real.

its just a matter of taste.
I like online a bit more

Ding ding ding, we have a winner. There are pros and cons to both, most people here play both. I enjoy playing live, especially with friends because of the social environment, the reality of the chips, real cards, real chips, real people, etc. But when I want to improve my play and get enough hands to actually make the luck aspect minimal, I fire up some tables online.

I agree. Live poker is more fun because there's the social aspect, and you are not as rushed in your decisions. I've lost all of my money in my home game in 3 of the past 4 times, but I feel better losing there than I do when I lose online.