Conventional verse Online

Poker played the conventional way can be done in many brick and mortar casinos in their poker rooms. Poker is also offered online and you can play here for less money because their overhead is less. You can also join various poker tables because there is no room restrictions online like in a traditional casino.

This is not the only difference between the two.  Playing poker and not being face to face with your fellow players is the biggest difference and so there is no way to read the body language as a way to better your game. Online you can only bet you patterns or quick reaction time, chat box and waiting blindly for the moves of the other players.

At a traditional poker table you will notice that there is a fair amount of time between hands. This is when the dealer must collect, shuffle and deal the new hand and this is unavoidable.  Online there is none of this delay with just a click of the mouse you automatically have a new hand. At the traditional table you can play about thirty hands per hour where online it is possible to play about ninety hands per hour.