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It does not compare to play money poker tables, where your opponents play very differently. Though, play money poker tables can be useful to a complete beginner, in learning the process of the game.

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You are right. Paper trading is not like play money tables. It is worse because at the play tables you are actually playing real people who just might be as serious about learning as the other people at the play money table.

But paper trading does not evoke to any degree what your emotions will be when your trades go south immediately. It will help you test your entry point decision, but that's about it.