Play against real people with real money at real tables.    

It's a different world.

People who get "good" playing online get their asses handed to them at real tables
more often than not.

I learned those games via VC Poker,  and all it was useful for in a real game (at the
local dog track, which has a poker room for 1 and 2 dollar wagering) was teaching me
the rules and vaguely what to expect.

I play occasionally.  I walk in with 40 bucks to play at the tables and when it's gone,
so am I.   I've never benefitted from violating that rule.    

One trip in four,  I walk out the door with a small profit.   And I'm by FAR a better player
than most people from what I've seen.   When you've watched a guy buy more than 200
bucks of chips at the table to keep playing,  you know there's something wrong with him.

I play by tight rules.   As there's no point in bluffing a 2 dollar game,  if I stay in,  my cards
are sure to be decent.   If I raise,  or follow raises,  or especially raise a raise,   then I really
think I've got a winner.

By playing tight,  I've walked away from a lot of hands that would have won for me, but I'll be
damned if I'm going to EXPECT a full house, 2s full of 4s, on the flop!    

I'll hold an ace and anything.    Or two face cards,  or any pair,  or any two suited, or two consecutive
cards for a possible straight.       I won't chase anything too hard.   If my flush doesn't materialize
before the river,  I'm probably gone unless it's cheap to play.  (People are checking.)

I'm a better player than most simply because I lose LESS money than most do.   It's not about
winning, it's about losing the least.

If you walk in with the attitude that you need money and this is how to get it,  turn around and go
home because the cards will turn against you for sure.   That trick NEVER works.


CJ