It’s amazing these days, the way the casino lifestyle has changed and you can be sitting at home in your underwear eating takeout out of the fridge and at the same time playing cards with people across the globe. It’s easy to forget how nice this luxury is now, with everything so progressive and media on fire, but really online poker really is a force in and of itself. It’s comforting, and it makes a great way to spend a late night at home when you don’t feel like going to the bar, meanwhile giving you an opportunity to make money.

One of my favorite things about being able to play online poker at home is that not only can you run several tables at once (my personal best is five, I know that’s not a lot comparatively), but you can also have your email, your youtube videos, your poker tracking software (if that’s something your into), you own music playing, and pretty much all other variables of environment completely at your control.

It’s got to beat the pants off of the days where if you didn’t live in a gambling town, you had to plan the trip and spend all day in a casino next to sweaty dudes in ball caps and strange locals who want to talk your ear off.

Yeah, poker’s come a long way, and as far as I can tell it’s only going to get better as things continue to spread, with more and more people online everyday just waiting to hand you their online poker money. It’s a nice life.