Well this is a given as you have to show both cads to win any portion of the pot, if you were to show the ace of clubs on a 4 club non paired board and muck the other card your entire hand would be considered dead.One of my own:
* Don't turn over just one card when all cards are dealt and you're suppose to show what you have. Even if you made your hand with one card (straight, flush, whatever) You'll never know what the other opponent is holding, and at least at the casinos I play, they treat the other card as a dead card.
Some of my own to add, Do's and Don'ts
-Don't be a table pro. I hate playing live games and there is somewhere there to throw out statistics, odds, numbers, etc. They're also the ones who tend to berate another player's mistakes.
-Wearing a No Limit Texas Hold 'Em shirt with a skull in a cowboy hat, smoking a cigar and holding A8 suited in it's bony hands with your wrap-around rayban sunglasses and your death stare doesn't make you a good/look like a good player. You just look like a douche...and you probably play like one, too.
-While your goal is to take money from other players, it doesn't hurt to be friendly. I like to have a friendly, talkative, just-here-to-have-fun image while keeping my goals in mind. If you're the table jerk, you're going to have a lot of people gunning for you. Also, by talking to other people about general stuff, you can get an idea if they're playing for fun or if they take the game a bit more seriously.
-Bring gum. This is one of my favorite tricks. Having something to share with the table is a very nice gesture when trying to promote a nice, friendly image. After, I've established a friendly image, I like to pull out a pack of gum (preferably one that last a long time) take one, and then offer it to the table. If I'm lucky, I'll get quite a few people accepting because who doesn't like gum?
Chewing gum is natural, just like breathing. You just do it automatically when if pop it in your mouth and you'll continue chewing as long as it remains in your mouth. When it comes to poker, if a player is bluffing, they usually tend to try and not do anything that'll get them noticed. And the things we do subconsciously, we become a bit more conscious about. For example: breathing. We don't think about inhaling and exhaling, we just do it...but if we're trying to bluff at a big pot, we might become fully aware of our breathing pattern and might think..."let me hold my breath so they won't notice I'm breathing hard."
...The same with gum. A player who is comfortable with chew with ease and probably not pay a lot of attention to it. But if they're bluffing at a pot, they might notice that their chewing could bring attention to themselves and will stop. This a good tell to look for when you're playing. Most people chew gum at the same constant pace. If they suddenly stop chewing, it's possible they're bluffing at a hand and don't want to draw attention to themselves. If they start chewing deliberately slower than normal, it could be because they have a very strong hand and they're trying to tone down the excitement they feel.
Sounds good!I talked to Martin campbell (directore of casino royal) he said he would love to put your gum idea in his movie lol...
well i dont like #7 I have only played live once but I never spoke a word the whole time I was at the table. I didnt want the tone of my voice giving anything away. Of course if your not verbalizing you need to understand how to bet. not string betting and such. I always made sure i had the exact amount stacked to the side of my stack before moving anything foward.
also I asked before hand about calling without exact change and the dealer told me that if i wanted to limp for 2 dollars but only had a 5 to just put the 5 in without saying raise and its assumed a call and he would refund the change. The situation never came up but i guess if I wanted to raise to 5 I would have had to say something I always just raised to 6 lol...
Some of my own to add, Do's and Don'ts
-Don't be a table pro. I hate playing live games and there is somewhere there to throw out statistics, odds, numbers, etc. They're also the ones who tend to berate another player's mistakes.
-Wearing a No Limit Texas Hold 'Em shirt with a skull in a cowboy hat, smoking a cigar and holding A8 suited in it's bony hands with your wrap-around rayban sunglasses and your death stare doesn't make you a good/look like a good player. You just look like a douche...and you probably play like one, too.
-While your goal is to take money from other players, it doesn't hurt to be friendly. I like to have a friendly, talkative, just-here-to-have-fun image while keeping my goals in mind. If you're the table jerk, you're going to have a lot of people gunning for you. Also, by talking to other people about general stuff, you can get an idea if they're playing for fun or if they take the game a bit more seriously.
-Bring gum. This is one of my favorite tricks. Having something to share with the table is a very nice gesture when trying to promote a nice, friendly image. After, I've established a friendly image, I like to pull out a pack of gum (preferably one that last a long time) take one, and then offer it to the table. If I'm lucky, I'll get quite a few people accepting because who doesn't like gum?
Chewing gum is natural, just like breathing. You just do it automatically when if pop it in your mouth and you'll continue chewing as long as it remains in your mouth. When it comes to poker, if a player is bluffing, they usually tend to try and not do anything that'll get them noticed. And the things we do subconsciously, we become a bit more conscious about. For example: breathing. We don't think about inhaling and exhaling, we just do it...but if we're trying to bluff at a big pot, we might become fully aware of our breathing pattern and might think..."let me hold my breath so they won't notice I'm breathing hard."
...The same with gum. A player who is comfortable with chew with ease and probably not pay a lot of attention to it. But if they're bluffing at a pot, they might notice that their chewing could bring attention to themselves and will stop. This a good tell to look for when you're playing. Most people chew gum at the same constant pace. If they suddenly stop chewing, it's possible they're bluffing at a hand and don't want to draw attention to themselves. If they start chewing deliberately slower than normal, it could be because they have a very strong hand and they're trying to tone down the excitement they feel.
Sounds good!
...unless you're tricking me.
Don't forget that if you or someone else does bust out of the game but wants to rejoin, you are not aloud to 'sell' them chips off the table. It must come out of your pocket.
I think 5 is the opposite, people waiting their turn to look at their hand are almost certainly fish.
Looking early speeds up the game, more hands/hour is in your best interest.
Chewing gum makes my dentures stick together which is not a good look.Some of my own to add, Do's and Don'ts
-Bring gum. This is one of my favorite tricks. Having something to share with the table is a very nice gesture when trying to promote a nice, friendly image. After, I've established a friendly image, I like to pull out a pack of gum (preferably one that last a long time) take one, and then offer it to the table. If I'm lucky, I'll get quite a few people accepting because who doesn't like gum?
It's worth giving up quite literally 2 seconds to look at your cards. You still have plenty of time to watch everyone else check their cards.If you aren't looking at your cards as you wait for the action, and aren't an idiot, you are paying attention to the action at the table. Whether or not you can pick up tells (I doubt it, but is villain specific) or not, at least you'll know where you're at in the hand once you do look at your whole cards.
In online, we want to get as many hands per hour because the number of hands we play are so much higher (4 tabling 100 hands per hour vs one tabling 25-30 hands per hour, you're playing 1/16th the amount of hands we play online). Given that people play 1/16th the hands an hour of a four-tabling online player, they don't have as much experience as the average online player, so may take more time to process information and make decisions.
It's worth giving up quite literally 2 seconds to look at your cards. You still have plenty of time to watch everyone else check their cards.
When you're playing 30 hands an hour, one more hand is worth much more than one extra hand if you're playing 400 hands per hour.