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[QUOTE="Weregoat, post: 1504839, member: 62741"]
I disagree.  
 
If you aren't looking at your cards as you wait for the action, and aren't an idiot, you are paying attention to the action at the table.  Whether or not you can pick up tells (I doubt it, but is villain specific) or not, at least you'll know where you're at in the hand once you do look at your whole cards.
 
And usually you'll have an idea about what you want to do before you peak.
 
Oh, the pot's been 3-bet and I'm in the hijack.  I'm going to need a big hand to continue.
 
QTo.  Okay, cost the table a few seconds.
 
In online, we want to get as many hands per hour because the number of hands we play are so much higher (4 tabling 100 hands per hour vs one tabling 25-30 hands per hour, you're playing 1/16th the amount of hands we play online).  Given that people play 1/16th the hands an hour of a four-tabling online player, they don't have as much experience as the average online player, so may take more time to process information and make decisions.
 
Us taking an extra two seconds to look at our hole cards once it's our turn, isn't going to put a dent in our hands per hour.  It may reduce it by less than three.
 
A find that a lot of my winnings from a live game come not from hands per hour, but from cleverly and correctly playing my hands, and taking a little extra time to do so won't give me the 8BB/100 that I'd want in an online session, but I wouldn't be playing poker if I wanted to make $24 every three to four hours, I'd be working at McDonald's (or stay in the Army.  At least they give me a house and food).
 
My two cents.
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