Since the dawn of high speed internet sometime in the late 1990s, it’s become a pleasure to log on to the online casino of your choice, deposit some money and play your favourite game. No longer did you have to leave the house, head to a friend’s house, a local club or, if you lived in the right city, a casino. Now you could sit in front of your computer, put some music on and play endless hands of poker with players from around the world.
So it was all good then? Well mostly, but the slightly patchy nature of the internet often meant an inconsistent experience; disconnections, while not common, were nevertheless regular enough to be annoying. But you accepted this as the price for being the first to use the cutting edge technology.
Online poker table
Things are different now in terms of connectivity but frustrations remain and sometimes they’re the result of the improvements in the software and the user interface. Here’s an example: the ease with which one can type any old rubbish into the chat boxes. Why do players feel it necessary to say ‘Hi’ when they join the table? It may be polite but it just seems pointless. Even worse are the attempts by inexperienced players to bluff everyone else by claiming they have pocket Aces or some other strong hand; you wouldn’t do it in a live game and it’s still bad etiquette online.
Probably the biggest frustration for most online players though is the unnecessary wait for players who seem to let their timers count down to almost nothing before checking or folding. There’s no need for the delay and it just leaves everyone else wondering if you’ve gone off to make a cup of tea, fallen asleep or are just being annoying on purpose.
It may sound like a minor thing but when you play for several hours at a stretch it can get irritating in the extreme. What’s the answer? Unfortunately there isn’t one; you can play the turbo games or just try and maintain your serene patience.