Playing live: what you need to know

[Chiefer]

great post Oz. may i suggest a sticky. this is surely a great reference for new players.

 

[TWiTCHaH]

Great post, I learned a few things in here.

 

[OzExorcist]

Aaawww shucks, thanks guys

Now, this gets strange given that your hand is dead for telling the truth, but showing your cards (which is telling the truth..) is just a penalty afterwards..

Just as a side note, receiving a penalty afterwards is standard for telling someone what your hand is too. Your hand will rarely (should never, actually) be ruled dead in that situation.

 

[royalburrito24]

Sticky imo. Then, Golden Archive imo.

 

[WolfShadow]

thanks for the link Oz , there is alot of useful info here

 

[Aldwin]

Great post! Untill now I have only played on-line, but next week I'm gona play my first live tournament and with this post I can do a lot. Thanks...

 

[10crow10]

I am gonna make my first trip to a casino in a few months so this advice is really helpfull! thank you

 

[Jarod1231]

Oh, and I also find the rule about not being able to announce your hand to be completely baffling

Imagine you're holding 28 off in bb and everybody but the button folds, small blind folds and you check.... flop comes 378 ... you check, button bets small and you call... turn is a 4, you check, button bets pot... you call.. river is a 4... you check, button shoves all in... you announce 'I have an 8' and the button instantly frowns because he knows if you call he loses... so you instantly call.

This is why you're not allowed to announce your hand.

 

[ukaliks]

this is a very good thread and a good read for any1 heading to play live poker. it's gave me a few extra tips to imrpove my overall play at playing live. WHICH IM DOING GREAT AT ATM. hehe.

 

[masiado]

I have"nt played in a live game before and it gives me a nice idea how to act in a live game. Thanks for the info and I will definitely follow your guidelines when I play my first live games. See you at the tables.

 

[RA2000]

Very good post!
Thanks for that!
And protect your cards means protect your cards!
Do not throw your cards on to other players cards!
Otherwise his hand is dead too!

 

[Rldetheflop]

An example of this happened in my favour this evening. Blinds were 100/200 and I was on the big blind with 23o. 6 of us saw the flop for a pot of 1200. SB and me checked. Player after me bet 800. Everyone folded to me. I'd completely missed so picked up my card protector and moved my hand to my cards ready to fold them. The other guy threw his cards onto the muck at which point I quickly stopped my folding action (my cards were not yet folded - i'm quite entitled to move the cards in my area however I want for some sort of read). I win the 2000 pot because my opponent has mucked his cards.

It's one of those rules that sounds a bit silly (why would you muck a winning hand), but it does happen, so it's worth being aware of

Simple rule of thumb: don't muck your cards until the dealer has awarded you the pot.

Yea it does happen. Anyone see Phil Ivey muck his winning flush during the main event last night?

 

[sharkyo01]

Yea it does happen. Anyone see Phil Ivey muck his winning flush during the main event last night?

Yeah that all depends on the casino's rules. Some of the casino's in the UK in a showdown of a hand all player's most show there hands to the dealer!

 

[Roger1960]

Thank you so much for this needed info. I have it saved to my desktop so I can reread it before I go.