Yep, poker rooms have become big draws since the advent of television shows like the WPT and expanded WSOP coverage. Plus online poker sites contributed to it. Part of the reason I like playing live, is that most have learned their skills online and act accordingly - they can't cold read a flop, they can't calculate basic pot odds and they can't read for crap. Not to say that there aren't some excellent players who started online - but they play for much higher stakes than I do.
What it has done for me is allowed me to choose the tables I want to play at, if a table is too filled with maniacs or a cooler comes and sits at the table, I can just go up to the brush and ask to be reseated. My preferred game is one where I have the edge, and can control my play - not be forced to decide all or nothing anytime I play a hand. In other words - where I get to hear some one say, I had the odds and then innocently ask them. Oh? what were the odds of you hitting a winning hand when you made that bet? Then smile as they fumble for an answer they never had. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 9, 2012, at 3:59 PM, LAR wrote: > > > Might I suggest the poker room at the venetian? They paid for my iPad > and a week of very nice dinners with a beautiful woman and some excellent > wine. > > > > O > > Things have changed since all the TV poker stuff. > > My dad told me before my first trip to Las Vegas, "Never play poker. If > you play on the strip you'll be sitting at a table with pros. If you play > downtown, you'll be sitting with little old ladies who have turned their > social security checks into a house and maid. If you sit down and don't > recognize the sucker, then you're the sucker." > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > > -- If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory. -Tony Robbins
