Online Poker Players Vs Live Poker Players

Over recent years, a battle has been occurring regularly at the online and live poker tables. The seasoned online poker player vs the season live poker player. Where as about 10 years ago some live players had to travel miles just to find a game of poker, now a days the only journey players have to make is from the bed room to the computer. So what are the main differences between these journey men (live players) and the home boys (online players).

For a start, age. Live players tend to be much older than the young online players. Their is many reasons for this. Older players who grew up without a computer and some probably without a TV, struggle when it comes to using new technology. So usually they just stick to what they know. But these youngsters who have been brought up with computers and colour TV, have no problem working a computer. So its so easy for them to acclimatize to using online poker software.

Aggression. Online poker players are much more aggressive than their counter parts, live poker players. This could be due to the fact that online games are much faster, but I have a feeling is more to do with online poker forums attacking any style except tight aggressive play. This can leave any new player to the game who reads any of the posts at the forum thinking aggression is the only way to play. Where as live players are much more inclined to read a good strategy book. Which informs players to be much more less aggressive.

Overall, online players have an argument that they are better than live players. You will hear them talk about the amount of hands they can play in a year, compared to the amount of hands a live player can play. But live players can also argue that online players have no ability to read players apart from bet size limiting there skills. In my opinion both online and live players are correct. I believe online players are better at online poker and live players are better at live events. But I think it would take a very ill informed poker player to say an online player is better than a live player, or a live player is better than a online player.