Matt Vaughan
King of Moody Rants
Bronze Level
Tracked this link down: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/general-poker-13/playing-live-what-you-need-know-114205/
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
Man that is a good link to an excellent post.
natsgrampy
Legend
Loyaler
I found the biggest difference in live vs. online is my nerves. When I sit at a live table, I feel my heat beating and feel as if my face is sunburnt red. This usually goes away after several hands. Sometimes, in a tourney, I will get there about 5 minutes prior to the start, just to calm my nerves.
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
Isn't that the truth. It is very difficult to mask your emotions in spots.
Such as you are bluffing someone, and they are staring at you looking for any sort of info. Your heart feels like it is going to bust out of your chest sometimes.
vinylspiros
PIRANHA-------->< (((º>
Silver Level
WOW great help from the link man.perfect link for what i need to know.thnks alot.
domeburglar
Visionary
Silver Level
I found the thing that works for me is make yourself a little routine something that you can do every time after you make a big value bet or a big bluff... for me I pick a spot on the table to stare at and shuffle my chips.. once you force yourself to do this everytime it will come second nature
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
Yeah I do the same sort of thing. I started wearing sunglasses at the table (I know, dorky). This really helps me relax. No one knows I am staring them down, etc. It is like I am invisible, yaaay!
domeburglar
Visionary
Silver Level
Yeah I do the same sort of thing. I started wearing sunglasses at the table (I know, dorky). This really helps me relax. No one knows I am staring them down, etc. It is like I am invisible, yaaay!
Lol funny i said the same thing in another post about me wearing sunglasses I just feel awkward staring at someone when they can see me doing it haha invisibility FTW
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
Lol funny i said the same thing in another post about me wearing sunglasses I just feel awkward staring at someone when they can see me doing it haha invisibility FTW
I think I read that too! Lol. I wasn't thinking of it when I posted, but I bet you it had something to do with the statement.
Matt Vaughan
King of Moody Rants
Bronze Level
No problem vinyl -> it's one of the links that was presented to me when I made a similar thread about making my first live poker trip. It was written a long time ago but it's still quite relevant and all-inclusive, especially for newbies.
On the topic of staring at people - I don't feel uncomfortable doing the staring, ever, though sometimes it actually distracts me from my own thought process about the betting action in a hand.
On the topic of staring at people - I don't feel uncomfortable doing the staring, ever, though sometimes it actually distracts me from my own thought process about the betting action in a hand.