For me on-line is just passing the time between trips to B&M live games. I get board wtih the on-line games personally. I feel that's the grind. I've taken to playing sit and go's not ring games because the ring games are tedious for me.

Live I feel adrenellin pumping. I can see my opponents and although we play fewer hands together I can more easily put them on a skill level. It's tough to track whether someone's in every hand on-line versus live. Live, you see them limp ever hand and cold call. On-line, maybe you're watching tv or listening to music, or whatever.

Plus, the level of play live is usually much worse. People are there to gamble it up and poker is the new hot game. Craps in the 70s. Poker after the MIT team made the press. Now poker. On-line people are seeking the game out, they're not on vacation just looking to give money away.