Playing Strategies

Playing in a casino and playing internet poker has a number of little differences that you should adjust to. It's a fact that people tend to act differently on the internet than they do in real life in areas outside of poker, so it makes sense that people act differently in internet poker vs. real life poker also. 

There are some psychology and computer aspects in this statement. On the computer level, it's much easier for a player to click their mouse on a 'Call' button as opposed to reaching into their stack, counting up their chips and putting them on the table. Psychologically, most people also feel more confident while online, because they aren't under the scrutiny of others like in a casino or real life.

You can see the example of this, where someone will be a little embarrassed to outdraw someone out playing a live poker game, but wouldn't care at all doing the same over the internet. This is also why you'll see people berate and argue with one another more through internet chat than in real life, because there just isn't that same presence of being in someone else's company when behind a computer monitor.