Going to a casino for the first time this evening. Any casino/obvious tells tips?

My friend went last week and told me this about the tournament:

$20 rebuy

$30 buy in with double stack

$20 add on

Had 45 people

Top 10 paid!

winner got $1600

SB shuffles, BB cuts deck, dealer deals!

So it sounds like there are a lot of rebuys. Obviously I will buy in with a double stack, but any experienced tips on general table issues that usually come round with newcomers, and any obvious tells?

I do play home games but I've played with them for so long everyone just knows everyones game already.

Thats kinda weird that the dealer doesnt just deal, what if the SB sucks at shuffling (is possible, seen it)...

like I trust the dealer to do their job, dont see why 2 players need to do some of the work.

I'm assuming it will be like a lot of tournaments in smaller casino's which i've played in. These are normally self dealt until the final table where you get a dedicated dealer. So they do that method so the dealer cannot cheat as easily.

yeah final table has the proper dealer and all

North_Bank said:

and any obvious tells?

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There are no obvious tells in a random sampling of players. Each player has their own tendencies. (Don't base any decisions upon their Oreo eating habits though)

Some people will feign indecision when they hold a monster, others will be genuinely indecisive.

At that buyin and with that much rebuy action going on, I would expect to see a lot of LAG action.

I wish you good cards and hope you come home a winner.