MPalers 1,000th post - Live or Online

Michael Paler

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Ok, Well, this will be close to my 1,000th posting here! Ho-rah! So, to hopefully get some responses I thought I would ask the new "age old" question - Do you prefer online or live play and why?

I only play MTT's and SNG's. By far, I gotta say I prefer live. There are several reasons for this;

1. tells - more of em live!
2. Players - sure, you still get a good cross section of fish and donkey's, just not near as many.
3. Cost - you can find MTT's for as little as nothing online. And they tend to play it just like that! So, far more "any two will do". Live, you gotta shell out at least $20.00. "Any two" still shows up, but in far fewer numbers.
4. Cards - Sorry, but we all should know by now a computer cannot pick a random number. That means god-only-knows what variables are going to be used. Like it or not, this means, technically, it is a rigged game. Only technically, and only insofar as the fall of the cards are concerned. No, I do not think major sites rig the game to be won or lost by anyone, although it may well favor weak players just in the "nature of the beast" way. I hope not, anyway.
5. Any two will do gets you killed far quicker live than online. Ever see a player winning left and right with horrible cards in horrible spots or sucking out left and right? Well, because of fewer players live you see fewer of these types and they do not tend to last near as long as they do online. I think that is due to the ratio of good players to bad live. Lets face it, you are not going to be up against Phil Ivey like players much online (well, in the USA anyway), but live you could be looking at a field that includes, well, Phil Ivey!

In other words, online you can make the final table and be the only one there that does not play like a loon. Live, the final table tends to have far more that actually know what they are doing.
 
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I like online because of the lack of time one has to commit to it and the lack of effort to get to where you can play.
 
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I just wanted to say congratulations on your milestone.
I have only played live once. It was fun, but its almost a 3 hour drive for me so I just stick to online.
 
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First of all congrats on your 1000th post.

I prefer online cause there were more player,less hassle and less waiting time.
 
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I definitely prefer live games, you can play higher stakes against weaker opponents.

The #hands/hour drops but who cares when the $/hour goes up right?

When you could still sit at tables with 4-5 guys playing 42/3 online poker was amazing, but it's not that way anymore, so it's all right but not great.
 
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Thanks for the congrats, I am now at 1,000!!!!!!
YE-HAW.....

I might like online more when it gets to California officially, but that could be a while. I really would like it as well if it was regulated in the US, not Who knows where or by whom, lol.
 
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congrats on the milestone sir.
 
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Congrats on the 1000,

I usually only play online but I went to Crown casino in Melbourne Australia for the first time since they have had a poker room last week and played 1/2 nl with a max buy in of $80.00 and after a 2 hour session I walked out up 4 buy ins, so now I am going to go there more often, I liked it more than online poker.
 
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WTF....max buyin of 40bb? Glad you enjoyed it, but what are they doing? I would be all over the floor to get a game with a higher buyin running.
 
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WTF....max buyin of 40bb? Glad you enjoyed it, but what are they doing? I would be all over the floor to get a game with a higher buyin running.

I thought the same thing, but as I was new to the room I didn't want to say anything, as it was I had to wait 30 mins for seat to become available.
 
Michael Paler

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Thanks for all the congrats and replies.

While I still like online poker, I'm really looking forward to more choices here in America - fingers crossed!!!!
 
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Welcome back Michael, long time no see:) Congrats on the milestone!
 
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Congratulations on 1k posts.

Good to have you sharing the live experience with us.

Continued rungood to you.
 
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I play in my country in casino. I was 14 of 80 players. Now we have league and tomorrow I am going to play
 
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