You've saved your whole life for this moment. You've spent years and years of saving and sacrificing so that you could come to Vegas and play poker at the famous tables. Your flight was a bit delayed and your bags were misplaced - never mind.

Your hotel wasn't exactly the oasis you imagined - never mind. Your car rental agency ended up overbooking and you had to take the Taurus instead of the Jaguar you had reserved - never mind. Finally, you arrive at the casino. You sit down at the smelly, smoky table, look around, and realize you left your wallet somewhere between here and your house. This is not exactly the vacation you had planned!

All of that time and money, not to mention frustration, could have been avoided, had you simply chosen to play at the online poker casino. Rather than going through the events listed above, you would simply have rolled out of bed in your cozy house, turned on your computer, logged onto your favorite site, and started playing. Voila.

Now, admittedly, there are some fun advantages to playing poker in a land based casino. There is excitement, action and noise that can't be recreated at home. There is also, interestingly enough, the chance to see your opponents and to use bluffing techniques. It is very difficult to bluff with a computer screen, and that is definitely one advantage to playing poker in a land based casino.

While this is one advantage to playing at the land based casino, there are many reasons to choose the online version instead. Let's look at the above example of bluffing. If you are a terrible bluffer, it might be to your advantage to play online poker! What a relief to know that others aren't watching and analyzing your facial expressions and that you can play in the freedom of your own home, without being watched.

Another reason to play online poker is the bonuses and perks. Since there are so many online poker sites, they all want to compete for your attention. The competition works to your advantage, as many sites offer different kinds of promotions and bonuses to make your playing time more fun. Log on and take a look at all of the bonuses and perks offered.

Another great advantage to online poker playing is equality. This many not be something you think about a lot - but we are all judged by our looks and our actions. When you go to the casino, your opponents and others in the casino automatically make decisions about you. Playing online is anonymous. It doesn't matter if you are white, black or Asian; if you are American or Japanese; if you wager $50 or $5000. No one is judging you based on these things and no one is treating you better or worse. Now that's freedom. It allows you to play without inhibitions and to enjoy yourself more. Finally, if you like poker tournaments, then online poker is definitely the way to go. Online poker tournaments generally have lower entrance fees when playing for equal size pots. Even more exciting is that you can almost always be guaranteed to find an online poker tournament instantaneously. If you love poker tournaments - you know that you often have to wait quite awhile for the next one to arrive near your home, or you have to spend the money to travel to the nearest tournament. With online poker tournaments, you can always find one - with no consideration for location, time of day, or transportation. Now that's service!

For all of these reasons and more, online poker is a relaxing and exciting option. It allows for many advantages over land based casinos and is a great way to enjoy yourself, night or day. There is no need to save your money for years in order to enjoy the perks of playing poker - simply log onto your computer and enjoy a poker game today!