Being the Best Online Poker Buddy Most of us have online poker buddies in real life. Originally these were guys we just liked to hang out with, laughing, joking, and having fun. Slowly this friendship took on a decidedly poker turn as poker night soon became a regular staple in our activity roster. To maintain our poker buddy relationship with these guys, we make sure to bring out new poker facts, and listen to their bad beat stories. While real life poker relationships are maintained through the normal ties of friendship, online poker buddies cannot rely on a real world connection. However, it is still vitally important to commit yourself to your online poker relationships with the same fervor that you would use in your offline ones. You can be a good online poker buddy by recognizing that the only link that you have with your digital friend runs through online poker. Don’t bother them with questions about personal information. This whole line of questioning is just completely unnecessary. You and your online poker buddies are meeting to play and talk about poker. Don’t get distracted by real world concerns that are not applicable to your digital world. To be a good online poker buddy, let the real world slide away to leave only the online poker world in your focus.