In defense of the live game …
I love live poker. One two punch of the felony law here and the demise of Party means I’m playing almost exclusively live games, and enjoying them more than I ever did playing online.
It’s not as profitable. As that recent great thread on limit poker pointed out, limit is a game of making fractions of bets, and tipping the dealer definitely eats into profit. And an occasional $25 splash pot hardly makes up for those reloads I miss so much.
But at the end of the day, I like the social aspect of it, the feel of chips in my fingers, the rituals of tapping the felt to check. I’m in front of a computer all day in an office – that’s work. Being in a casino, sipping on a free drink, bullshitting with the guy next to me – that’s play.
It also helps that WA card room are smoke-free.
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