Playing live = great aid to playing online.

[skp]

I flopped a set in Vegas last month and yelled out as I do at home "yeah, baby, yeah". For some reason, my bet was then followed by a string of folds.

Playing online = not so great an aid to playing live...heh

As for comparing the two, it's like apples and oranges.

In a way, I wish I had never started playing online despite the obvious increase in profitability.

Firstly, online poker is pretty mechanical and boring when mutitabling. But having played online, playing live (and getting dealt 35 hands an hour) is now extremely aggravating. The result is that I no longer enjoy playing poker like I used to as recently as 16 months ago.

In fact, I spent all of October in Australia. No real poker save for a short 2 hour session in a 20-40 game in Melbourne ($10 rake!) and a 1 hour 10-20 session in Sydney ($1 a hand which effectively makes it a $35 hourly charge!). Normally, after a vacation, I am chomping at the bit to get back into the game. But this time, I have been back home for 2 weeks now but simply have not had the urge to play any poker at all.

Maybe I do need to get out and play some live poker tonight to get the juices flowing again.