Sun Yat-Sen

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I'm doing decently at the play money tables at paradise poker.

Do you think this means I would do decently at low-stakes real money tables?

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ChicoPhi235

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I thought so, but I ended up being mostly wrong.

With play money, I do pretty good.

With real money on low-limit games (we're talking .25-1.00 here), I was so paranoid about the money (the kind of paranoia that doesn't exist in a relaxed environment with friends), that I was betting too conservatively and was losing money that way.

The only 2 big bets I made backfired (although 3 of a kind doesn't lose THAT often).

Still, I ended up not having much fun.

I say it's much more fun with friends if it's gonna be real money. Either that, or you've got be a PRO at betting.

It's gonna take a lot more than folding on shitty draws and playing on pocket bullets, etc.

donnymc42

No way at all. People online tend to play quite recklessly with fake money. I mean why not. But in real life, people use quite a different psychological approach. They have one goal, and thats to make as much money as possible.

Steso

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how you play online (real or fake money) is usually not at all like real life, simply because you cant read the people online

lbarnar

With fake money you have a much easier time playing out a big bluff or say going all in on pocket A/K. Most people have trouble playing aggresively with real money, which end up hurting them.