Yea, I sorta am just updating because I'm a bit bored and fairly tired. My past few days have consisted of lots of bball, chillin with friends, eating out, and when there's downtime at home, playing Gears of War (got back into it - quite fun but can get old after a while). On the subject of entertainment, I received my gift from Full Tilt Poker, costing 20k Full Tilt Points :) Portable Ipod speakers- definitely pretty sick $100 value. I coulda gotten that or an ipod nano, and since I already have any 80gb ipod video, I thought it'd be most practical, especially to use with college when there will be roadtrips and compact spaces, etc. BTW, great site to joke about degen gambling poker players... Joe Seboks blog and also http://www.rawvegas.tv/ containing very funny video blogs and joking about the gambling lifestyle. Last note: PokerWire Radio is the shit. Subscribe to it as a podcast it is hilarious and I rele can't get enough of it. It has Joe Sebok and Gavin Smith as the main stars/strategists from the old CardPlayer Circuit Radio.
Now, onto discussing poker, but not my own playing. I have noticed a lot of what makes the live players bad exactly: bet sizing is too much like in a tournament (1/2 or 1/3 pot on drawy boards), betting medium strength hands, paying off too much, giving too good of odds to people with drawing hands, and not excercising pot control. Online players have all these crucial skills which change winrates drastically. For the most part as well, online players do not have as many financial problems in general because live players fall into the gambling lifestyle, living mostly in Vegas. Online players often come from sort of... less-social backgrounds (online video games and weird card games like Magic, which I luckily don't fall into that category). Online players from these backgrounds do not happen to spend all their money on stupid causes and make retarded prop/side bets, and practice better roll management. Though they do grind more, they just have so much more of a stable income, especially using tools like PT and PAHUD. From what I've heard, Brad Booth went broke, who was not the best player online, but seemed ok in live play. Dan Negraneu I heard is also having some money troubles, as well as David Benyamine getting constantly cold-decked. All of these players try to peel every gutshot, in and out of position, and honestly have a LOT of tells... like c/instacalling when weak and other obvoius things people that especially online players will exploit effectively. I swear, before online, I played with friends non-seriously and sorta a losing fish. After online poker and rele learning the game, I have realized that the internet is a clear way to see everything and the bare-bones aspects of the game. I would say ANY live player should play on the internet, and it will improve their live game guaranteed. Their bet-sizing and other important aspects of the game will improve, and anylitical skills REALLY come in with the competition online. Okay, rant over about online and live players, I just really find it interesting to compare them, since live poker and online poker are REALLY quite different! However, most online players transition phenominally to live play and crush, while live players are usuall big fish online and spew a lot before they either: a) quit b) go broke c) get a stronger understanding of the game and figure out the slight nuances of online poker in order to become a successful player
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