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Are you geographically near a place where you can play some live tourneys? It sounds like you will finish early so you make have some time to get a little live warm up in.

The thing that I notice most when going from live to online is the difference in time compression. It takes a while to get accustomed to how much slower things are and how much time you have to work with. There is just so much more time to put reads on folks. The downside is that online you don't have to hide your thoughts/feelings so much and it may take some practice to get your poker face on.

If you have some live play near you, the week or two before we leave would be a great time to put in some live action. I'm looking at the Bike's Mini Series of Poker as warm up here.

Good luck,

Shauna

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Thanks, Shauna.

Yea, I also had already thought about getting in some "live practice" due to the difference playing online vs. B & M.

I thought about making a road trip to the closest casino to play some live action. As far as tournies at the casino and around, I am not sure. I am also planning a WSOP "kick-off" party with family and friends and we might play a tourney for small stakes.