good post.
first time i played live was great. It was in gothenburg, sweden - one guy at the table was also talking a lot about online poker. Funny, cos i figured out who it was on FTP during the course of his conversation. Nobody knew i had played online.

chip tricks are cool. They're a good read. They're hard to learn quickly if you've never handled chips before. Trying out a couple that the regs were doing - and failing miserably - plus an early string bet (oops) probably contributed to two sessions at those tables paying for my two weeks holidaying in norway and sweden..

i'm guilty of chatting too much online sometimes - i need to stop that. If you see me at it, please call me out on it!