Need advice online vs casino experience
I'm looking for some advice as to whether I should continue my bi-monthly trips to the casino, or just stick to online play for now until a casino is more convenient. I currently play 2/4 online, but should be moving up limits soon since I seem to beat them for $30-50/hr, and 2/4 at the casino where I tend to not do nearly as well. One of the reasons is that I'm pretty adept at the psychological aspect of poker, which I can't use as much online as I do at a casino, but these skills often get me into trouble (when I know better) because of the way low-limit players fail to think - they don't know that your raise means that you're representing the flush that (may have) just hit. So, I tend to get stuck pretty quick, then spend the rest of the time buckling down with solid low-limit play that makes me money, but generally not as much as I make online (hand frequency, the fact that people at casinos tend not to fold as much as online since they had to travel to the casino). Also, I have to take a ferry ($40 roundtrip including parking and bus fare since it's cheaper to take a bus on the other side than take my truck across) and the trip is 3hrs each way...so we go over 7pm one night, come back 7pm the next night and play two 7hr sessions with an hour break in between. I can usually eek out $10/hr on 2/4 because of all the bad beats that you get (AA cracked by 35 and whatnot on a regular basis even when you're betting strong when you should be). The question is whether I should see casino play as a good investment (my game DOES get a little better each time I go, but only with regard to low limit play, which doesn't transfer to middle/high limits), but it's a big deal to go over. Thoughts? Also, I'm going to play 4/8 next time I go to get away from the 2/4 silliness.
rhys
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02-13-2005, 09:42 PM
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