I just came from a real gambling place, and I like playing online more, I feel like I have a chance of winning. I just lost money last night in the casino, but it's okay. Both are okay it's just that one requires more effort than the other. I just don't like the smoke flowing but you can't stop that right?
The smoke is a huge deterrent for me since I have horrible smoke allergies. I can maybe do 1 or 2 short casino trips a year and that's all I can handle. The other thing to factor in with casinos is the "local factor". Maybe this isn't as big a problem in larger areas like Vegas but have seen some pretty sketchy stuff in Reno... like locals/regulars getting preferential treatment in both cash games and tourneys. I get why they do it... those people are their life-blood but the same rules should apply to everyone on the floor and that is just not the case all the time in casinos.
With online poker at least (not into other online gambling), most average poker players can do really well, mostly because there are sooooo many donkeys and fish playing it. The only real thing to factor is player strength and what I like to call "donkey reward factor". As I said, almost everywhere online the fields are weak to super-week so no real concern there. But the donkey factor is what you really need to pay attention to. This is basically the tweaking that the site does to the code to favor the horribly bad players so they won't bust their bankrolls right away. The thing is, all sites do this, but to varying degrees, which is the key. Sites on the Revolution network for instance (like Intertops & Juicy Stakes) have horribly bad players but only an average donkey reward factor, so, for decent players, it's quite easy to win a lot there. The only problem at all with that network is that it has shrunk over recent years, but you can still get some decent action there and hopefully it will grow. Other sites run the gamut, so you just have to try them. But, bottom line is, it is almost always easier to win online vs casinos, unless you find a super juicy live game but that is not exactly easy.