Good post, Heatman.

In defense of rookie players like me, I'd say we definitely have an advantage playing online poker as opposed to B&M poker. Mostly, for the reasons you specified in reverse. :lol:

For example, I have only played in B&M Casinos 10 times in my life (Damn you, east coast!) Of course, I have played many many home games and ring games with friends, but it is not the same thing. Playing in the real casino is a completely jarring experience, and it very quickly becomes easy to pick out the rookies by the way they hold/stack chips, by the way they react to lingo, by the way they address the dealer and other players at the table, etc. Playing online saves me the embarrassment of being a 'marked man' for my B&M inexperience, and allows me to play with the skills I have (crunching numbers, playing players).