Just Got Patrik Antonius Answer To The Question I Asked Kenny Tran

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...I mean these guys go to the smelly casino all day...They could be grinding the cash games online and making supplemental money.

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Do some of you really believe this?

I'll admit the Venetian seems to have a bit too much perfume in the air. Otherwise, the only problem with any poker room I frequent is a few cocktail napkins under the table.

I spend my poker playing time in billion dollar resorts. That beats the hell out of "lying in bed w/ your laptop."

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Not trying to troll this thread, i just find this topic very interesting.

I wonder what it is in the way people operate/think that makes one more attracted to the casino lifestyle of poker as opposed to staying home grinding daily.

There has to be some correlation, possibly the way they grew up, something triggering their preference right?

I would love to hear someone with more of a psychological background comment on this.

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Live poker is a social game. From entertaining other players, to reading them, to being read. Players that are good at the social aspect of live poker are likely extroverts. They enjoy being around people, they thrive on it. Sitting at home on the computer might be akin to sticking a sharp stick in their eye, especially if they are alone. They thrive from being around other people.

I suspect a good portion of online players are more towards the introverted side, those who can do just fine alone in a room with their computer. Some of them even recharge from it, and being around a bunch of people is not their ideal environment.

So I would guess that at the very least the typical top tier live player is someone who has developed social skills and is likely much more comfortable in an environment surrounded by other people.

I think the online mixture is a bit different now, but still hardcore extroverts would never be comfortable sitting at home by themselves playing with their computer.