Recently while playing at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas I was reminded about the difference between online play and B&M casinos.
When playing seven card stud and you are starting off with split tens, it is probably best that your opponents are not showing anything higher than your ten. Sure it is possible that they are starting with a higher buried pair or even a rolled up anything, but as time passes and you gain more experience with your opponents, you will learn to read for that.
However, online with the split starting hands under jacks, I have for one reason or another experienced a remarkably high percentage of hands where I hit trips on either fourth or fifth street. The game at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino clearly helped me come back to reality. It would appear that hitting those trips as frequently just didn't seem to happen and I often found myself getting to fifth street with nothing more than a pair under jacks that I would have to fold out.
Strange how that happens. That being the difference in the types of hands I make playing online in comparison to when I am not. The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino is probably my favorite old town casino in Vegas and a great place to be brought back to your senses.
Remember when playing in live B&M games only start your stud hands with premium hands. Jacks or better split and best to have something building like a straight or flush as well. Those trips are only going to hit a small percentage of the time.
Great seeing everyone at the game, by the way. Will hopefully be heading out there again soon to learn that maybe aces up really do have a chance to win after all, despite my online experiences.
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