"First" Live Tournament

This weekend I will be playing a live tournament. This will actually be the second time I have played there but the first time I was such a Fish that it practically didn't count. I have read Harrington on Hold'em 1 and 2 and have been scanning the forums and articles here as well. I was wondering if you all had any tips you would like to share.

thinking back to my previous experience it seemed the field was pretty mixed with some experienced players and other Fish like me. I did make it to the final Table if a 18 person tournament so I was proud of that. Anyway any suggestions are welcome.

Don't try real hard to act like you have played live before: you'll end up putting too much energy into it that could be used for better purposes like actual concentration and analysis. I know everyone naturally wants to "look cool" at the table, but I think you will be better served by announcing right at the start out loud to the table that this is your first time playing live. People will misinterpret your statement to mean that it is the first time you are playing poker, even though you may have a ton of online experience: that's good, let them underestimate you. If anything, you might find it's actually fun to play up your "inexperience" a bit more than it actually is.

And remember: a single over-sized chip without a declaration first will be considered a call, not a raise (if someone bets $100 and you toss out a single $500 chip without saying anything, it's a call: say raise first, or put out more than one chip if you want to raise).

Good luck Steve, I might lose this thread so PM me how you do.

Thanks for the tips, I placed 4th (not a bad result). I was the chip leader for a while but lost my concentration after 4 hours and got busted out when the table turned into a bunch of calling stations.