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A poker dilemma

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  • -ACERAG--ACERAG- Member Posts: 180
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma:
    Hi Dave Having played online for about 3 years, but have only played Live twice, but I think I coped quite well live, yes there are more things to remember like bet sizing, postion, whats in the pot, it is there for you online, but not that much difference, I think I coped quite well.
    Posted by acebarry10
    Hi Barry,

    live twice, i hope you lasted longer the first than than you did in Leeds, did you have to go home after playing half a hour with a slight head ache? Good luck in the nest tourny at least their will be no bad beat stories of your aces getting cracked.

  • offshootoffshoot Member Posts: 1,049
    edited July 2011
    i think his point was that Live is soul destroying if you have to make a living out if it, 10 hours a day grinding one table.
  • acebarry10acebarry10 Member Posts: 7,556
    edited July 2011
    slight head ache, I wish, migraine :(
  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma:
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma : The final? You're not using a sample of 3 tournys to prove a point r ya DJ??? :o Thanx 4 the bite! ;) lol
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    a point i dont think was well thought out. winners in last 3 years of online players in SPT's hmm

    Hurst05 (cardiff just thi weekend)
    Brownndog
    Gliterbabe


    need i continue?
  • djblacke04djblacke04 Member Posts: 1,778
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma:
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma : a point i dont think was well thought out. winners in last 3 years of online players in SPT's hmm Hurst05 (cardiff just thi weekend) Brownndog Gliterbabe need i continue?
    Posted by The_Don90

    so a tournement which has online qualification is won by an online player...

    lol..

    i was talking about the final...at dtd in september..


  • CrunchybobCrunchybob Member Posts: 576
    edited July 2011

    I think the transition of going from online to live can be quite difficult, especially for a serial grinders like Galfond...

    I mean look at Tom Dwan, he was multi tabling live at the WSOP, played almost every event and was minus alot of monies, and i assume this was only because he gets bored of sitting at a table hardly playing any hands, which is why he is always making prop bets at the tables to keep himself entertained.

    I also think Brunson summed it up in a tweet of his during the WPT Championship (i cant view the tweet now, but it was something like.....

    3 days grinding for a 12k profit or something like that.

    The online players can make this in one single hand :D

    IMO Galfond could crush live, but would it be worth it long term than if he just stayed online???



  • LOL_RAISELOL_RAISE Member Posts: 2,188
    edited July 2011
    the whole live tells thing is mostly just a bunch of BS. maybe in the past when nobody knew what was going on but nowadays you just dont get people sitting at tables putting Oreos to their ears.

    i think offshoot was right about it just being so fing boring

  • MachkaMachka Member Posts: 4,627
    edited July 2011
    Obviously I could crush live, but I prefer the challenge of playing at 2p/4p right up to 5p/10p.
  • PiAnOpLaYaPiAnOpLaYa Member Posts: 554
    edited July 2011
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma:
    In Response to Re: A poker dilemma : Duhhhhh obviously all the big winners on an online site will be online players,online is a much more accessible form of poker for most adults,and for example if you have a Live tournement that consists of qualification online,it will probably follow the winner plays online..:) but if you look at the last 3 years of SPT the winner of the final each year has been? no regs on here..
    Posted by djblacke04
    I did come 2nd almost like a win (<----- see the brag)

    Hopefully one better this year
  • aiken2001aiken2001 Member Posts: 364
    edited July 2011
    In Response to A poker dilemma:
    I've just noticed a conversation on Twitter between two of the best high-stakes pros out there, Brian Hastings and Phil Galfond. Galfond has moved to Canada to continue playing online, while Hastings suggested he's going to stay in America and try make it as a live game pro. Galfond's response staggered me. He said, 'Live is too hard, man. You won't make it.' This could all be one amazing level, but think about if he's even vaguely serious. He (one of the best online players out there) is suggesting to another top online pro that turning in to a live game specialist would be too tough. Considering the talent they have, that's insane! So, here's the question I am going to put up for discussion. Do you think you could make it if you were to ever go purely as a live game player? Which you obviously don't need to as we've got Sky Poker :)
    Posted by Sky_Dave
    Beating up on a site where you can play 12 tables at a reduced br ie easier tables is a lot more economic than playing live at that one table at the full buy in.

    Location Location Location. If you live in vegas or one of the other resort city's that have regular traffic coming through them then you might have a bit of a chance making it live as you have a continuous supply of money coming to the table. If your playing in a 1 bit town with a casino your probably playing the same players all the time and shuffling gthe money about to a certain extent. (To a certain extent sky is like that sort of casino esp at the likes of 25/50 6tables which should be 36 players but different players probably < 15)

    If its making a living then the online version has got to be so much easier. You get up pull up the pc find a table with some donks on sit down and wait for the appropriate hands. Rinse and repeat for how many tables you feel comfortable with. Live version get up make your way to casino see who is sat at tables pick your one spot grind away for a couple of hours break have dinner etc.
  • Poker_FailPoker_Fail Member Posts: 1,755
    edited July 2011
    You don't have an option of "No, because i'm not good enough"
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