Posted by Dr Fro 1:58 PM
Online
I played some NL online out of boredom on Saturday. I had forgotten one of the reasons I stopped playing online - it is really hard to win.

The style of NL is very different from what we play. People play very few hands, and if people actually do go all the way to the showdown, either: the pot is miserably small or at least one person is all-in. The complete lack of medium sized pots or people "making plays" really hurts me. I lost $200 in no time flat.

Know your man
There is another reason that I don't do as well online. I have my weaknesses (like no fear of small preflop raises and the tendency to play anything from the SB), but these are well overcome (or arguably partially overcome) by one of my strengths. I know the players I am playing against. I know who bets how much and when and what that says about their hand. Even during my biggest losing hand on Friday (called Todd and he had an open ended straight) I knew exactly what Todd was holding. He loves betting with a big drawing hand. So I see this quote:

"It has always been my belief that knowing your opponents in pot-limit and no-limit hold’em – how they usually play, and how they play in specific situations – is the most important thing in this game." - T.J. Cloutier & Tom McEvoy

And I agree. And it is damn near impossible to know much of anything about other players online as quickly as they switch tables. Thus, my weaknesses still hurt me and my strength is worthless. I think I am going to stick to brick and mortar.

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