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Morgan0993
Rising Star
Bronze Level
ghitocarcia
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I feel more comfortable playing online from my home, without having to travel to other places and with the ease of having more of my time, since to go play live you have to waste time, in addition to the fact that online there is a Lots of games to choose from.
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turnupthebb
Enthusiast
Silver Level
If you want to play poker for a living then it's like this......
Most of the poker pros have shown that they make 3bb/100 winrate playing online poker around 200nl up to 1k nl. This is with like 2-4 tables.
That is a terrible winrate but it's also the best winrate you can hope for.
It's best you can hope for because that's what the pros make, the pros that make all the poker training videos etc that you learn from.
It's terrible because online poker has a high std dev so variance with only 3bb/100 winrate means you can play poker for several years and after 1 million hands you can easily still be losing money at poker even if your true winrate is 3bb/100. You can be a pro, just as good at the ones making poker training content, but you can be losing money at poker for many years because of variance.
So maybe online poker is not really possible, it's just a scam and dream or a gamble because even if it's a skill game, the variance can still make you a loser after years of playing.
So then what about live poker.
Well, it's difficult to know what is an achievable winrate at live poker because you play soooo few hands at live poker so no one will ever really know what their winrate is. You can play 10 years and still not enough to know if you are a winner or loser. I mean you could be a losing player but still winning money because of variance.
But pros such as Galfond and Doug Polk say that a live poker winrate could be 5b/100. Or maybe they said 5bb/hour, i can't remember. But this means that you will struggle at making a living from live poker at 2/5. Remember also that you must give tips to dealers.
Not many places in the world that have 2/5 tables going regularly or at all.
You almost have to be from vegas/usa to be possible to be a live poker pro.
You really need to play at least at 5/10 for the income to be enough.
Most of the poker pros have shown that they make 3bb/100 winrate playing online poker around 200nl up to 1k nl. This is with like 2-4 tables.
That is a terrible winrate but it's also the best winrate you can hope for.
It's best you can hope for because that's what the pros make, the pros that make all the poker training videos etc that you learn from.
It's terrible because online poker has a high std dev so variance with only 3bb/100 winrate means you can play poker for several years and after 1 million hands you can easily still be losing money at poker even if your true winrate is 3bb/100. You can be a pro, just as good at the ones making poker training content, but you can be losing money at poker for many years because of variance.
So maybe online poker is not really possible, it's just a scam and dream or a gamble because even if it's a skill game, the variance can still make you a loser after years of playing.
So then what about live poker.
Well, it's difficult to know what is an achievable winrate at live poker because you play soooo few hands at live poker so no one will ever really know what their winrate is. You can play 10 years and still not enough to know if you are a winner or loser. I mean you could be a losing player but still winning money because of variance.
But pros such as Galfond and Doug Polk say that a live poker winrate could be 5b/100. Or maybe they said 5bb/hour, i can't remember. But this means that you will struggle at making a living from live poker at 2/5. Remember also that you must give tips to dealers.
Not many places in the world that have 2/5 tables going regularly or at all.
You almost have to be from vegas/usa to be possible to be a live poker pro.
You really need to play at least at 5/10 for the income to be enough.
john_entony
Legend
Platinum Level
Live poker is the better of the two options. In online poker you don't see a player's emotions. You can only guess. Therefore, a lot of online poker depends on luck. In live poker, on the contrary, skills are more important than luck.
yogo9
Visionary
Bronze Level
I prefer live poker, but i play in both , Online is way more difficult than live, It's like it's 2 different games but similar, like Rugby and American football. A good online player can beat other online and live players online and live but a good live only player wouldn't beat online a good online player until he has experienced thousands and thousands of hands.
Michel_11
Legend
Platinum Level
I prefer to play online. In fact, I have only played live poker few times.
If I already get nervous playing online freerolls, I would never be able to play live and hide my emotions. I'm more likely to have a heart attack during the tournament than to be able to do the dead-faced bluff that the pros do.
If I already get nervous playing online freerolls, I would never be able to play live and hide my emotions. I'm more likely to have a heart attack during the tournament than to be able to do the dead-faced bluff that the pros do.
julio gonzalez
Visionary
Platinum Level
Hello, in my principles, I played live poker with 5 tastings with my friends and I think there is much less variance live than online, that's why I prefer to play Texas Holdem live now. However, I continue to play more online because it's more comfortable... because of my working hours
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luk0123
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I would love to play live but for nów I didn't have a change to try it. I think in live game, any game there is additional aspect of the game. You have the chance to meet other People and learn from them as well.
