Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Internet Casinos V. Las Vegas

By Simon M Skinner

For those that love to play poker, or hope to win some money playing poker, online casino games are easy to enter and you can play from the comfort of your home or office, anytime. Compared to Vegas, there are several differences. For one thing, an online casino will let you play poker with play money.

You don't get a chance to practice with someone else's free cash in Vegas. Everything there is learned the hard way-usually by losing. But online, you can play without any risk initially and then start betting real money if you want to later-or not, as you choose.

Just like in Vegas, there are lots of different casino games to choose from when you play online. You can play craps, the slots, blackjack, Texas hold' em, and many other games-all from the comfort of your own chair. You have zero travel expenses and you can play whenever you want-at any time of day. And you can bet real money or just have fun and play with the casino's play money.

Another great thing about playing in an online casino is that many times they offer freerolls for actual money. These games typically have a lot of players to start with, but if you are a good poker player, you can win seats to higher money games, or actual cash to fund your real money account.

With online casinos, it's easy to learn the games and start out playing for free using just the play money, then step up to trying some of the freerolls, and after that, if you want, to try your luck at betting real cash and possibly winning real money. In Vegas, there's no such option.

Some of today's best poker players-people who now play poker as their career-learned to play online at an online casino. These pros may now be headed to Vegas for some of the high stakes games they won a seat for, but they may never have been in a Vegas casino before.

Because of the online casino games, players that always wanted to learn to play poker are able to easily. Most of the online casino sites have instructions on how to play the different games, and the play money feature allows you to practice without worrying about losing real money, like you do in Vegas.

Still, many people dream of playing at the real casinos in Vegas, and if you're a big poker player, it's something you'll want to try at least once in your life. It's hard to compare anything to the noise of all the machines going and the palpable excitement in the air. A few things are different, though. For instance, you'll need to know when and which chips to put on the table in Vegas, versus having the online casino tallying things for you.

There are both pros and cons when you compare going to Vegas to playing on the Internet at an online casino, but there are definitely advantages to learning online. Then, after you're confident and know what you're doing, you may decide a trip to Vegas is the perfect way to try out your new gaming skills.

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