I have said this before, but I will say a few things again.
I do pretty well playing online poker. I have won some big tournaments paying well over $50,000 to me in the past 2 years. Having said that, in live action, I see the collusion and bull shit flops and callers all day long. Ask yourself an honest question. How many players do you know that are actually winning money playing online poker?? I would suspect that the % is VERY low! I would estimate that only around 15% of players are up for a period longer than 6 months. Now yes I am up very big longterm, but actually having a bad run in the last 30 days!
Overall, I do about 500% better in live tournaments than i can do online. I do about 5000% better in live ring games than online ring games! That should tell you something.
Do yourself a favor, if you have a local pokeroom, just play live poker and FVVCK this online shit! Online poker has the potential of being one of the biggest scams in the history of the US! People are losing money left and right and we sending all of our money offshore! Just play live poker and you will see a MUCHHHH better return on your investment. I know that i have slowed my online play about 80% over 6 months ago, but then again, I play in live tournaments about 3-5 nights a week, so I dont much time for online poker anymore