Online to live transition

Hi, first post on here. So, hi all :ciao:

I recently won a seat to the Pokerstar's King's cup in Prague this September online. The tournament has a €330 buy in, (which is a good return as I only invested €3.30 and won two satellites), but this is my first live tournament.

I have very little live poker experience, only playing a few home games a few years ago. I'm gonna be visiting my local casino to fix up my live game, which I know is needed. Does anyone have any advice or pointers on making the transition to live and what things I need to focus on most?

Also, is anyone planning on trying to qualify for it? European players should check it out, looks to be a decent weekend of poker!

Man, the diference is that in live games, even more in tournaments with that buy-in value, you can use more moves and apply more your studies, there will be less fish than this satellites you have played. It's a more technical game. So, get the structure and make a plan for the phases of the tournament, considering the amount of chips you can have. And study, you will be better if you have a bigger role of moves to make.

As you're used to playing online, you're used to playing many hands an hour as the software shuffles up the cards and deals them automatically. In live poker this is done manually, therefore less hands per hour and you may feel that you will get bored. Don't let this boredom deter you from playing your best, don't play a hand that you wouldn't normally play. However, live games allow you to look at physical tells to help you with your play that you obviously can't do online. Good luck in September.

skull89 said:

Man, the diference is that in live games, even more in tournaments with that buy-in value, you can use more moves and apply more your studies, there will be less fish than this satellites you have played. It's a more technical game. So, get the structure and make a plan for the phases of the tournament, considering the amount of chips you can have. And study, you will be better if you have a bigger role of moves to make.

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Yeah I guess your moves will be more respected in this sort of tournament, and the fish calling down with Ace rag will be pretty low. Thanks for the comment

Mason Pye said:

As you're used to playing online, you're used to playing many hands an hour as the software shuffles up the cards and deals them automatically. In live poker this is done manually, therefore less hands per hour and you may feel that you will get bored. Don't let this boredom deter you from playing your best, don't play a hand that you wouldn't normally play. However, live games allow you to look at physical tells to help you with your play that you obviously can't do online. Good luck in September.

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I've been told keeping focused is a big thing. Would you recommend taking and ipod to keep me occupied? And of course live tells are a big factor. When I'm at home, I bounce off the walls when I get a monster, guess I'll have to work on that :laugh: Thanks I'll try my best!

Yes of course you can bring in an Ipod or an ipad or a mobile phone as long as you're allowed to do so. However, for the first few levels I would start studying your opponents, especially those to the immediate left and right of you. Once you feel comfortable you have some kind of read on your opponents then you can go on you Ipod, Ipad or mobile phone when you feel bored. You also raised an important point, when you flop a monster online you'll normally have a smile on your face and itching to get money in the pot. In live poker, try to restrain yourself from giving away such tells as they can be used against you.