[JJNJustin]

Thanks for correcting me- Phil Gordon/Paul Philips. I knew I screwed that up.

Celebrity Poker is pretty pathetic, isnt it?

I have since cooled off from my previous post.

I live in Detroit, where the rake in our B&M casinos is so high, the playing poker on the internet is very tempting.
You can beat the Detroit B&M games, but you have to have a very large bankroll, and you have to be willing to put in
many many many hours and put up with crappy dealers, must move tables, and everything else.

The internet is great as far as rake and everything else, but I have poor results and I cant deal with the frustration I described earlier. Probably I'm just an average player and average players arent going to be able to win much.


I'm going to go ahead and say a few words about the different web sites. Doyle's room and UB seem like they are the same software almost. True poker and Noble poker's animation is a pain in the ass. I never get any cards at Party Poker. Poker Stars and Full Tilt seem like I walked into a room full of top pros. Paradise and Bodog seem like they are the same software.

1) They offer you free money to come and gamble. This means, they must expect you to lose an amount at least equal to the deposit bonus. Does your local B&M casino give out these kinds of comps?

2) Too many good starting hands in tournaments.
3) Players making ridiculous calls and playing hands only a complete moron would make and winning.
4) "Luring" hands dealt at key times during a tournament which are designed to bust you out of the money. These are big pairs against lone blind stealers, BB huge flops which get outdrawn, and hands that normally too tempting good to fold and end up getting beat.

I admit, though, that the luck factor in Sitngoes is very large. If you are playing a sit-n-go against players with roughly the same skill, the luck factor is going to dominate. Since the blinds escalate so quickly, and you are constantly going to have to play hands which are usually 2-1 or 1-1 coin flips, the luck factor is going to dominate and only very skilled tournament players will be able to beat games.

Tougher players are on the internet. Tigther players, like me, who do well at the B&M against the friday night drunks, are going to be outplayed on the internet against "real" players. The loose retards who play for fun at the casino on the weekdays just arent smart enough or motivated to get an online account and play.

-J