TheNoob
Visionary
Silver Level
...... and I wanted to ask a few questions.
All my 15k hands or so have been sitting staring at a computer monitor. At some point I think I would enjoy trying a live game.
Simple questions, but just a few things that come to mind when I watch live games on TV.
- Do you wait until the action is to you to look at your cards?
- When the action does come to you, does the dealer always clearly state what you need to call, or do you have to ask if you're not clear on it?
- In a cash game, when you're ready to leave the table (you know, with that huge pile of chips) do you just tell the dealer you want to cash out?
- Let's say you decide that you're going to stop playing if you double your buy in. Through some twist of luck you do this on the first hand. Would you be roundly chastized for such a thing? Not that it matters too much .... I would be there to take money if I could, so no apologies for reaching my goal and bolting. I ask because I would want to know if that was considered poor "poker etiquette". I figure there are general rules of how you're supposed to behave in a live environment (are you listening, Havad Kahn?), and I would like to know what they are.
(I guess I am making a distinction between online and live in that way. I have no trouble clicking 'leave table' if I double my buy in, for example. I have done that after only a 1/2 hour of play. Might feel funny to do at a live table, I'm thinking).
Thanks for any input.
All my 15k hands or so have been sitting staring at a computer monitor. At some point I think I would enjoy trying a live game.
Simple questions, but just a few things that come to mind when I watch live games on TV.
- Do you wait until the action is to you to look at your cards?
- When the action does come to you, does the dealer always clearly state what you need to call, or do you have to ask if you're not clear on it?
- In a cash game, when you're ready to leave the table (you know, with that huge pile of chips) do you just tell the dealer you want to cash out?
- Let's say you decide that you're going to stop playing if you double your buy in. Through some twist of luck you do this on the first hand. Would you be roundly chastized for such a thing? Not that it matters too much .... I would be there to take money if I could, so no apologies for reaching my goal and bolting. I ask because I would want to know if that was considered poor "poker etiquette". I figure there are general rules of how you're supposed to behave in a live environment (are you listening, Havad Kahn?), and I would like to know what they are.
(I guess I am making a distinction between online and live in that way. I have no trouble clicking 'leave table' if I double my buy in, for example. I have done that after only a 1/2 hour of play. Might feel funny to do at a live table, I'm thinking).
Thanks for any input.