Callaway12;277478 wrotenot everyone who knows how to play poker is successful online. If that was the case, everyone would be cashing out all the time. I want to know what does it take beyond knowing how to play, to be successful. Simply knowing the basics isn't enough. Especially in this day and age with all the different tools out there to use.
It is mathematically impossible for everyone to be successful online, money that someone wins means that someone(s) else lost it.
Knowing how to play poker as Darbday said doesn't mean knowing the rules on the game and what beats what, he means being GOOD at poker, knowing how to play it best and exploit weakness in other players. In that regard, he's right, if you're not successful online, there is something wrong with your game - period. Online is a truer gauge of your game simply because you can get more hands in, use software to track you play, and review it. Anyone who says that they're good at poker but can't play online because they "can't get the same reads / need to see the play / get a better instinct /etc" is lying to you, and themselves.
Mark