Mark Maxwell, a British based online poker player has given a fascinating insight into why playing poker online beats the real thing.

Maxwell speaking to the BBC says he now plays online for a living and admits he makes about £600 a week on average.

The University graduate said “ If you're familiar with gambling in casinos, playing poker online is essentially the same thing. Unlike at a bricks and mortar casino, online you can play at more than one table at a time. So sometimes I log into more than one poker site at a time, which means that I don't have to be as good a player to make the same amount of money.

“ But in some ways, online poker is a very different game. It's a lot faster, as there's no banter around the table. For casino players, this interplay is a central element of the game, whereas for me it's more mathematical.
 
“ In fact, at a casino I'd be at a disadvantage because these people know all about body language. I don't even know if I've got a poker face.
One of the few times I went to a casino, I got a royal flush - it does happen occasionally - and my hands were shaking so much that everyone realised something was up.
“ But online, I could be shaking like a leaf in front of the computer, yet it would just look like I was making a normal raise.”
Maxwell told the BBC that he doesn’t consider his playing as excessive and says gambling is just something to tide him over while he figures out what it that he wants to do next.