I think its because you cant see people to get a good read on them!
I agree. I get much better reads during live play than online play.
Since you're at your house, it's too easy to get distrac...
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LMAO! That is so me! With the kids and animals and everything else I'm limited on times I can play without a lot of distractions.
My thoughts..... there are ALOT of young players who are able to committ ALOT of time to the game (playing/studying, etc.). Most seem to start out in micro limits and become quite good prior to moving up. Many of them become regulars in online forums as well and have other's who they're able to hook up with regularly (again 'online') and discuss HH's, etc. They are also able to gain a vast amount of experience in a short period of time due to the fact that they can be playing so many games/hands, etc. so conveniently (how many live tourney players do you know who can typically play in over 100 large-field tournaments in one week? 1yr. for that many would be doubtful).
When a typical live player (playing a couple of times per week in local cardroom) who might play normally play above 200NL attempts to play even 100NL online, they are usually way outclassed. I've often heard it said that 10NL online is comparable with 200NL live.
There you go again Orfice, bringing logic into the discussion, lol! I do agree though, online players get a lot more experience than live players and I have to say that I play better at medium limits live than most of my live competitors and I have to play at much lower limits online than I play live.
Because online poker is rigged...
...Online you play to win, live there are players that play to play a game with other ppl and they aren't that good, because win isn't more inportant than a good night with others...
I do not agree at all. I play live 4 nights a week on avg and play online almost daily. I don't know if your rigged comment was a joke or not, I'll assume it was.
For home games I agree, people are having a good night but at the casino there is definitely a mix of serious regulars and those who are just "tourists". I can tell you from years of live experience that there are plenty who play to win.
Players at a Casino consist of Gamblers.
Players at an online poker room consist of people here specificly to play poker.
Again, this isn't entirely true imo. I play in a room with 10 tables, I can count on 50-70% + (depending on time of year) of players who are serious about their
poker game and see themselves as poker players, not gamblers.
The argument could go the other way as well, how many people just "dabble" in online play but aren't serious? Quite a few. I think there's a good mix both live and online.
It was no more or less serious than any of my posts in this thread, past or future.
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Online poker doesn't have a car park in which you can threaten to beat your opponent up after the game if they call your bluff.
LOL! Serously, I had this happen to me! I had a guy chase me out of the casino and I had to grab the nearest valet guy to call security on him. It was a big mess and a bit scarey for me. I always carry a pocket knife but this guy was drunk and seriously pissed at me.
I live about 45-55 mins from the casino. I had someone follow me home one night. I live in a subdivision in a rural area. I thought maybe the guy lived in my area but after I was less than 5 minutes from home and he turned behind me into my subdivision I thought I would find out for sure. I pulled my truck off to the side of the road and waited for him to pass, he didn't, he just stopped. That's when I knew for sure he was following me. I had a great night at the casino that night so didn't know if it was someone I had won a large pot from or that just saw me cashing chips at the cashiers cage. Either way I decided to do a U-turn and confront him. As soon as I whipped my truck around and drove towards him he drove quickly in reverse and high tailed it out to the main road. Never got a plate to report it.
The average players at a casino are there to gamble when they play poker, just like any other the other table games. More or less put their money in and then see if they win. I can't count the number of times players have come to the table with a bunch of chips bragging about how much they just won at roulette/Caribbean stud poker/etc. Most of the time they will just blow it as fun money just like they would have if they kept playing the table games.
Again, this isn't entirely true for my casino, maybe the one you play at or the area you play in. I live in a high tourist area in the summer and all other times of the year it's mostly serious poker players. Although I do know several poker players who also play craps and
blackjack, they play poker mainly. It's not usual for poker players to branch out into other games. On the other hand, in the summer time I have seen this exact thing happen you mention, someone comes in and sits at a table bragging about all the money they just won out on the main floor playing another game only to lose it all at the poker table because they are gamblers, not poker players. I LOVE these types.
i see a pattern, have some marked for doing it
