--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "kb5zcr" <thetiminator@...> wrote:
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> I just wanted to find out the consensus of the vp player regarding live poker.
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It's always a good idea for people to broaden their skills, and this certainly applies to casino advantage play. I have seen several people that I recognize as advantage VP players that have migrated into live poker, especially as VP opportunities in my local area have dwindled considerably over the last few years. This includes myself.
Live poker requires a different set of skills compared to other mainstream AP games such as VP or blackjack. Those games (at their basic level) are all about memorizing and recalling charts of information, along with scouting for good games. Live poker requires a lot of on-the-fly adjustments. Adjustments to the style of game, to individual players, stack sizes, etc. You constantly have to make decisions based on incomplete information.
One can study and practice on the computer and be a very good VP player almost immediately. That's not likely to be the case with live poker. The learning curve for live poker is much longer. On the other hand, the complexity of the game should contribute to long term profit opportunities, because many players just won't ever get very good.
EE
