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Old 10-23-04, 02:57 PM
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So much of the work is done for you online. You can only do what the software lets you do.
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Old 10-23-04, 03:00 PM
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Yea, they've probably played live games before but probably just home games. A big thing like that is sure to make them nervous, but yea, I do agree that the software does do a lot for you when playing online.
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Old 10-24-04, 11:35 PM
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no offense to anyone out there, but people whose roots are in online poker suck ass in person until they take the initiative and find very tough live games to explore and improve their game

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Old 10-25-04, 02:52 AM
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You do realize that the 2003 World Series was Moneymaker's first live tournament right?
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Old 10-25-04, 04:00 AM
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I guess I just dont get the difference between Mr_Internet_Player_001 and Never_played_poker_before_001 walking into a cardroom for their first time and making common mistakes...
Everyone has to learn sometime, no shame in it IMO

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Old 10-25-04, 09:31 AM
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I believe online play is the best. You see way more hands and as a result get a lot more experience calculating pot odds and counting outs and what not. You encounter many tough decisions online which you can draw from in live play.
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Old 10-25-04, 12:27 PM
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although not knowing the rules of the game, or basic table rules is embarassing and obviously makes watching poker much less enjoyable, i think i have seen as much weird stuff from pros, or experienced players, as well.

for example, the final couple of hands at the wpt borgata event was the strangest thing i have seen in televised poker. a string bet, a call before the size of the bet was announced, all sorts of weird stuff. and both of those guys were very experienced players.

i think some of the mistakes that you see are fatigue based, as often the stuff we see is very late in a tourney, when players have been going at it hard for days.
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Old 10-25-04, 06:54 PM
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you do realize that he'd been playing live cash games with friends for over 3 years, right?
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Old 10-25-04, 07:42 PM
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Granted, there is a difference, but you got a point.
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Old 10-25-04, 07:47 PM
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It is also amusing how he was practically skint (no bankroll) until he won the WSOP, I have heard many people from Star's tell me he had lost alot of money on there over a few years.
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Old 10-25-04, 09:27 PM
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yeah there is, he probably had a lot of online experience in tournaments, so he could adapt to live tournaments pretty easily thanks to his experience in live cash games

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