LIVE OR ONLINE POKER?
This is a funny one, and pretty well known among those who know me. I'm 120% an advocate of playing live poker, and not a player of the online game. I've played pretty much all disciplines of poker at all levels, both live and online in over 25 years, and though I've certainly had a reasonable measure of success playing online poker in the past, it's just not for me, which took me a while to really understand and come to terms with.
My biggest single poker tournament win online was around $40,000, and over the years I've also won a number of WSOP and Aussie Millions main event packages, and played on most of the different online poker sites. The truth? Lifetime I'd say I'm very likely a losing online player if I added ut all up. I don't consider it to be real poker in the true sense, it's maths. These days mainly but not entirely populated by guys clicking buttons with a heads-up display & swapping out action with their buddies in case it goes wrong for them and the maths doesn't work. Guess what? At some point in the future the maths doesn't work, because real poker isn't a game with no variance. For me this is why the majority of online players fail at live poker, because they have limited social skills, or questionable awareness of situations simply not covered in a training video. They have very little understanding of the live poker dynamic, and they often function poorly without software and a feel for live play. These are things you DO NEED to succeed long term in the live arena.
This isn't meant to sound unfair, and of course it's just my opinion, on my website. I simply feel online and live poker are two completely different types of skills. Obviously there are exceptions, and I've encountered some phenomenal live talent in a few online poker players, but they are most certainly the exception rather than the rule. When you have a piece of software telling you that what you're about to do is probably a mistake, it doesn't take a genius to stop making those mistakes. When you play live you're working without a net, as it were. I truly think a lot of players, both live and online, delude themselves as to if they really are long term winners at the game.
My biggest single poker tournament win online was around $40,000, and over the years I've also won a number of WSOP and Aussie Millions main event packages, and played on most of the different online poker sites. The truth? Lifetime I'd say I'm very likely a losing online player if I added ut all up. I don't consider it to be real poker in the true sense, it's maths. These days mainly but not entirely populated by guys clicking buttons with a heads-up display & swapping out action with their buddies in case it goes wrong for them and the maths doesn't work. Guess what? At some point in the future the maths doesn't work, because real poker isn't a game with no variance. For me this is why the majority of online players fail at live poker, because they have limited social skills, or questionable awareness of situations simply not covered in a training video. They have very little understanding of the live poker dynamic, and they often function poorly without software and a feel for live play. These are things you DO NEED to succeed long term in the live arena.
This isn't meant to sound unfair, and of course it's just my opinion, on my website. I simply feel online and live poker are two completely different types of skills. Obviously there are exceptions, and I've encountered some phenomenal live talent in a few online poker players, but they are most certainly the exception rather than the rule. When you have a piece of software telling you that what you're about to do is probably a mistake, it doesn't take a genius to stop making those mistakes. When you play live you're working without a net, as it were. I truly think a lot of players, both live and online, delude themselves as to if they really are long term winners at the game.