Quote Originally Posted by givememyleg
Offline (aka LIVE ) poker is a lot different than online. Don't be as tight and try to make hero folds. There are many times where TP = nutz. Players are generally 100x times worse than villains you run into online. It's also pretty easy to notice tells players will give off. I've noticed that with some of the crew I play with one of the guys ALWAYS takes longer to make his decision with a weaker hand, and acts fast with a strong one. Another one gets quiet with a monster and tries to talk you off when hes bluffing EVERYTIME. Another shakes his leg with a big hand, well almost everytime... just little things like that can help.

Also, it sounds like this is a home game rather than a casino. I play home games more for fun sakes, but of course the ultimate goal is to win monies. I'm going to guess you're being a huge nit not being use to seeing 10x less hands per hour. You have to open up a bit more, me thinks.
ok. sounds like good advice. i do want to make hero laydowns offline and i think i probably give position to much respect offline. folding like AJ in the BB just because i'm scared to play someone out of position like i am online. but noone will really make use of position or understands what it is (but obviously it still gives them an edge whether they know about it or not)