After spending hundreds of hours in both online casinos and live casinos, there are various differences between the 2 despite playing the exact same game. Below are some of the nuances I’ve noticed.
Online players are a lot easier stronger stake for stake
Normally the normal live game you will find in a casino is $1/$2 ($200NL). This really is where all the beginners start. Online, the smallest games can be as small as $0.01/$0.02 ($2NL) where there is just not much money to be made. That suggests beginners in live casinos are playing for way bigger stakes than online. Online Players playing $200NL are typically very strong.
Live low-stakes players generally don’t have a clue
Cannot tell you how often times I have been talking to live players speak about how online players do not determine what they are doing. They’ll say aspects such as “you can’t read his face” or “online players don’t know-how to bluff and keep a straight face” – stupidness, really. Many live players do not understand the concept of frequencies and betting patterns, which in fact are much more informative than “his lip twitched when he reached for his chips” or whatever
Raising 3x the bb preflop will not do anything
Many live players don’t consider big blinds, they only consider chips. What I mean by which is if as an example, at a $1/$2 game, somebody raises $6, many players will think “oh that is just 1 red chip” in place of thinking about 3 big blinds. If you are going to come in for a raise in a live game, you are going to probably want to raise between 6-8bb, at least within the $200NL live game.
Very little 3betting in live games
Most players in a live setting are way more content to just call a raise as oppose to 3bet, even with big hands like AQ and AK – and it is certainly not for balance. Very often, if you are 3bet in a live game, the full report player is going to have QQ+ (weak players)
Live players think pocket pairs are the nuts.
In a live game, players have a very hard time folding pocket pairs preflop for some reason. I have 3bet with hands like AQ+ and can not tell you how many times I have been called by 22-77. Plenty of dead money in this particular spot.