ONLINE ADVANTAGES

ONLINE ADVANTAGES

Players who have experience online pick up advantages that live game players do not have. A successful online player who makes the transition can be very difficult to handle, especially in tournament play.

Online players learn three key skills: 1) aggression; 2) betting tells; 3) how to put aside fear.

Aggression is natural in online play. You see a great number of hands and encounter other aggressive players. It encourages an approach that will spill over nicely to most live games.

Betting tells are another advantage. Online players do not have the advantage of sitting face to face in a casino. They are adept at picking up tells by watching betting patterns. This is another skill that translates nicely to live play, and coupled with physical tells is doubly dangerous. A player who understands betting tells can couple that with the physical tells at a real table and get much better reads on the player.

Finally, the semi-anonymous nature of online play allows players to play without fear. This, coupled with selective aggression, makes a solid online player very dangerous in a live game.

Online players have some advantages, and it has shown in recent years at the World Series of Poker. Winners are often online qualifiers who came through the Web sites.

There is still great value to learning in a casino, but players who come up through the online ranks have an advantage and aren’t afraid to use it.

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