You can smoke without leaving the table.
You don't have to wait for the dealer to count out chips after an all in showdown.
You don't have to madly scramble to organize the chips you just won while the dealer is already dealing a new hand.
No need to estimate how much another player has in his stack--it says right there under his name.
You can play with someone from Australia without having to fly *to* Australia.
For ring players, tables go as low as $0.01/$0.02.
Nobody ever accidentally exposes their cards.
You don't have to shake hands once you get eliminated, just in case the other players don't wash theirs.
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