There is nothing like your first glimpse of Las Vegas, coming up over the hill to see all of those lights, all the people, all the mile high promises that you can win, win, win!  People go to Vegas for a variety of reasons, but most of them find some time to gamble at least a little while.  Tourists, especially, typically cannot wait to step inside one of the sprawling casinos to play poker or Blackjack or craps or even the slot machines.  However, with the advent of online casinos, where playing poker becomes endlessly more convenient, are bricks casinos becoming obsolete?

Sometimes it seems that way.  Certainly, there are a lot of advantages associated with playing poker online.  It is more convenient, sometimes it is easier to walk away when the game gets too hot, and it can be a whole lot of fun.  On the downside, however, people tend to talk a lot of smack on the internet in general.  When playing poker, they tend to talk a whole lot more.  The cloak of internet anonymity gives players a sense of bravery they might otherwise have.

But does this mean the end of Las Vegas and Atlantic City?  Heck no.  Where else can poker players go to find some civility?