Advantages of playing online poker
Online poker is an excellent means to play and learn the game you love, from the comforts of your home and without the hassles of venturing into a traditional brick and mortar casino.
Some of the advantages to playing online poker are:
You have the liberty to choose the people who sit next to you. If someone at the table is annoying, you can just mute them.
The cost of playing at an online casino is lower because of the absence of overheads. The rake at a live casino may be as much as $5 while across the net the max pot is $3. Moreover, there is no tipping expense.
If you are just learning poker, the smallest limit in a live casino may be $3/$6. This can make for an expensive education. Some online rooms have games as small as $.01/$.02.
The Internet offers a huge selection of games, limits and tournaments, not all of which are available at live casinos.
Online card rooms will actually pay you in the form of bonuses to play at their card rooms while you try their games. With many sites, when you try out their rooms for the first time, they will give you a bonus to be released to your account after you have fulfilled their requirements.