I suppose to some degree it can be anti-social, and that is why most people prefer Live games to on-line poker. I ran a weekly game at my local pub and preferred playing there to playing at home on my computer.
The whole atmosphere of playing among friends and talking about other things besides poker was a refreshing change, and something I looked forward to every week, meeting up with new face's occasionally, and making new friends along the way.
On-line you are playing against a player's favorite dog, cat or anything they post as their avatar, and to made up names, which have a meaning only to themselves. It is possible to make some friend's on-line, I made a few on-line from America before
pokerstars was banned there, although I would probably never meet them face to face, but we did have conversations between
hands.
During the lock-downs, on-line Poker became a godsend, but I still miss the weekly Live games and cannot wait to get back to them.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
