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Originally Posted by julesdAA

Really enjoying these articles Court, very truthful. Keep it up!

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Like this a lot Court. I learned to really enjoy playing socially while living in Costa Rica. Met some really interesting people at the tables and got a lot out of it. I remember you sharing at least one of those (relatively bizarre) nights with me.

i can dig it. tyty Court

I've spent more time live at a donkcasino than I'd like to speak since Black Friday.....And as much as there is a lot more to be gained by saying nothing than telling the donks how bad they are, you can't compare the online vs. live. The driving, getting there early, having to wait for hours, and a brutally slow place is enough to explain why. The online world is (or was) ready when I was way more than live. I could play 12 MTT's at once with a GTD break on the hour every hour with WAY more many hand per hour!!!!! I played live at a NJ WSOP Circuit Event a while back and I was surprised to learn that 1:00 didn't really mean 1:00 :( The structures are better online, the website doesn't ask for dealer tips after there is already a 15-20% rake, you don't have to put up with /ignore all of the absurd people of so many walks of life I can't begin to explain, I can control the remote/stereo/volume, I can make a drink (instead of having to overpay for no more than a single, 20 min. apart.), I can make a sandwich, I can take the dog out, I can take a shit, the list goes on. And if I have to pay the gov. for regulation (age verification, security, tax evasion, money laundering, etc.) I'm down. But it's hard to read this article without thinking of what once was and can return slightly adjusted :)

 

Originally Posted by SuckaBusta93

I've spent more time live at a donkcasino than I'd like to speak since Black Friday.....And as much as there is a lot more to be gained by saying nothing than telling the donks how bad they are, you can't compare the online vs. live. The driving, getting there early, having to wait for hours, and a brutally slow place is enough to explain why. The online world is (or was) ready when I was way more than live. I could play 12 MTT's at once with a GTD break on the hour every hour with WAY more many hand per hour!!!!! I played live at a NJ WSOP Circuit Event a while back and I was surprised to learn that 1:00 didn't really mean 1:00 :( The structures are better online, the website doesn't ask for dealer tips after there is already a 15-20% rake, you don't have to put up with /ignore all of the absurd people of so many walks of life I can't begin to explain, I can control the remote/stereo/volume, I can make a drink (instead of having to overpay for no more than a single, 20 min. apart.), I can make a sandwich, I can take the dog out, I can take a shit, the list goes on. And if I have to pay the gov. for regulation (age verification, security, tax evasion, money laundering, etc.) I'm down. But it's hard to read this article without thinking of what once was and can return slightly adjusted :)

the only thing i can disagree with you on here is meeting all different people from all walks of life. that imo is the best part, but i am also a poker dealer, and that is a major social factor of the job that i really enjoy.

as for everything else you are spot on. no over pay on rake, and you get VPPs back for it that you can cash out lol. also, if the united states government is sitting here thinking they are going to be taxing all of our winnings, they have another thing coming. remember you can report all losses for like gambling. just like how i keep my every tourney receipt from every live event, OPR is one click away from showing all of our losses. the government will hate tourney ledgers from the websites, and dislike sites like officialpokerrankings.com once we start using theme to counter our losses.

 

Originally Posted by The Smoking Pimp

Hey Adam was one of those interesting people named Rory A.J. Graham by any chance. I met him down there and he was one of the craziest characters Ive seen.

Off hand I don't think I know him. But we've probably run into each other. I was down there more than 4 years, but the last year or two I didn't really play that much

for every interesting sociable live rec player, there's at least one 'livepro' who has a greater air of superiority than the former online guys, but without any of the knowledge or experience.

While I agree that nothing bothers me more than when a player critiques another players play at the table, and strategy talk at the table in general. The random nonsense conversations aren't much better. I wish I could mute 90% of the people I have ever sat down with at the poker table, the number two problem I have with live play is my surroundings, I don't want to be surrounded by these people on almost every occasion, listening to every thought that comes to every tools mind but he cant keep it to himself. Only thing I hate more than the people is the slow play and no multi tabling :(