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I’ll tell you up front that I hate flying AirTran. The flights are late, the seats are cramped, and the snacks suck. However, they offer wicked cheap flights even at the last minute, so I find myself flying with them from time to time. Since hearing that they now have wireless internet on all their flights, I’ve been curious to try it out. Yesterday, I got the chance.

It was just a short hop from Baltimore to Boston, but I gladly dropped $5 to get access to the WiFi for the duration of the flight. If it was actually reliable enough to play poker, it would be well worth the investment and could make future flights a lot more palatable (and profitable).

I found it to be quite quick, far better than the WiFi provided at most hotels. I had no trouble connecting to Full Tilt Poker and playing several tables of Rush Poker, and none of the flight attendants hassled me about it or anything. Not that there’s actually anything illegal about playing anyway, but I was prepared to tell a fretful attendant that I wasn’t playing for real money just to avoid some overly paranoid reaction.

Of course, sometimes it pays to be suspicious:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from PokerSavvyPlus.com

UTG ($111.80)
MP ($283.95)
Hero (CO) ($201)
Button ($246.65)
SB ($681.95)
BB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, Q
2 folds, Hero bets $6, Button calls $6, 2 folds

Flop: ($15) 2, 6, J (2 players)
Hero bets $9, Button calls $9

Turn: ($33) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $33, Hero calls $33

River: ($99) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Total pot: $99 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had Q, K (one pair, sixes).
Hero had A, Q (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $96

I was calling river too, obviously.