Posted Mon Feb 16, 2004 7:40 pm GMT by BigBlobOToothpaste
I was just wondering, since I live nowhere near a casino (closest is Atlantic City, about 5 hours), how often do people go to casinos when they're within driving distance?
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Posted Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:53 pm GMT by Carson Cashman
That depends on how bad the gambling problem is. 
Posted Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:33 pm GMT by ballbp
It's not a problem.....it's a hobby like smoking or drinking. 
Posted Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:16 am GMT by Carson Cashman
Good one.
Posted Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:33 am GMT by Dave B
I have a casino 20-30 minutes from my house. I average about once every 2 weeks. I make more per hour online, but enjoy playing the live game much more.
Posted Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:58 am GMT by JohnnyCache
| ballbp wrote: | | It's not a problem.....it's a hobby like smoking or drinking. :wink: |
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Posted Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:07 am GMT by JohnnyCache
| Dave B wrote: | | I have a casino 20-30 minutes from my house. I average about once every 2 weeks. I make more per hour online, but enjoy playing the live game much more. |
Do you think poker is 'easier' overall online, or do you attribute this to # of hands? I feel I have an easier time in person, but you play a lot slower . . .
Posted Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:01 pm GMT by chas
I love playing in live games. I think the expierience of sitting there in front of other players and just watching them is great. I enjoy just trying to learn about the other players, which is just something you lose online.
just my thoughts
keith
Posted Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:48 pm GMT by Dave B
I dont know. I know that I am more patient w/ individual hands online because of the speed. I also think that people are often more aggressive online because it is easier to click than it is to grab a mountain of chips and through them out there.
The facelessness of online allows stupid players to hide, where in a live game there is nowhere to go.
Posted Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:48 am GMT by JimTheBullet
I think, in general, it is easier to win online because at any given time there are many more newbies. People are much more inclined to open an online account, deposit maybe $50 and see where it goes and there are an endless stream of people doing this. You actually have to make a serious physical effort to get to a casino and play which is a psychological commitment. In addition, there is a barrier for a lot of people to going to a casino - they don't want to be embarrassed for example. Online, none of these impediments to starting out exists and hence there is a constant stream of new players to play against.
As an illustration, I played a lot of $5 and $10 SNGs a few months ago and made extensive notes on players over a 4 - 5 week period. I now mainly play $20 - $50 SNGs and multi table tourneys but occasionally I play a $5 or a $10 (usually when a friend of mine phones and asks if I fancy a game or when I am drunk). It is only 2 - 3 months since I had notes on pretty much everybody that I sat down with but now when I sit down at a $5 I have notes on none of them (I assume that the guys I played a few months ago have either moved up to bigger games or don't play any more). Conversely, I have gone to my nearest casino for tournaments about 4 or 5 times in about the same period and I already know all the faces. I, like the others there, recognise somebody new just like they all clocked me as new when I started. So it seems obvious to me that there is a far smaller turnover of players in live games and hence far fewer newbies to exploit than in an online game.
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