I never played at a real table

[cwdignus]

I also never played .... but I have a lot of desire to train at live tables ..... I know it is very different, live the variance is much higher, I believe that the calculation of bets and the manipulation of the chips is difficult need a good training before going to bets or live tournament ..... I live in brazil and here casinos are prohibited ..... my dream is to play in vegas someday

 

[Poker_Mike]

Be careful of playing out of turn. Online you can't play out of turn obviously, but new live players may sometimes accidentally play out of turn or not properly follow the action (for example trying to call not realizing that someone had raised in an earlier position) It can leave for an awkward moment at the table.

Yes.


And also consider announcing the amount of your raise. This will eliminate string betting. And, always be talking to the dealer...make sure they hear you clearly - mumbling is ambiguous. Get familiar with the oversize betting chip rule......if the blinds are 1000/2000 and you toss out a 5000 chip to the pot without saying anything ….. that will be a call and a mistake if you wanted (and maybe needed) to raise.

Ask at the poker room about any other local rules like....phone useage at the table, etc..
Good luck !

 

[cldvdldlm]

No fear bro, u can do it 🤟🏽🤟🏽[emoji848]

 

[ThinkIllcallUwitha5]

Yes.


And also consider announcing the amount of your raise. This will eliminate string betting. And, always be talking to the dealer...make sure they hear you clearly - mumbling is ambiguous. Get familiar with the oversize betting chip rule......if the blinds are 1000/2000 and you toss out a 5000 chip to the pot without saying anything ….. that will be a call and a mistake if you wanted (and maybe needed) to raise.

Ask at the poker room about any other local rules like....phone useage at the table, etc..
Good luck !

Thanks for the tips, and if you think of any more please post them as I am interested and this would save me some money vs learning from my mistakes.

 

[Poker_Mike]

Thanks for the tips, and if you think of any more please post them as I am interested and this would save me some money vs learning from my mistakes.

Sure....I'm trying to get better at this....

Any time there is a ruling against you at the table - you have the right to call the Floor to clarify the ruling. Even if you know you are in the wrong, you never know how the Floor that day will rule. So, if the dealer has ruled against you on something - there is some chance the floor comes over and says, "He didn't mean to do that, let him take it back...or whatever."

I did this recently in one of my favorite spots.

The clock is ticking and we are on our last hand before break. Blinds in the tournie are 600/1200. Action folds around to the button - pretty loose player - and he throws out (2) two 1-thousand denomination chips (so a total of 2,000). Dealer announces "Raise!" and informs the player that he has to make it at least 2400. The reasoning here is that the 800 excess (2000 - 1200) is more than half the bet (half of 1200 is 600 and therefore 800>600) and therefore it qualified as a raise - even without the player saying anything.

And I'm in the BB with my 1200 out there, and I say, "Hey, no that's just a call." Dealer thinks otherwise and I ask the player one of my favorite questions....."Sir, did you mean to raise?" Half the time they say no and it is ez and we move on - but the other half the time they say, "Yeah I meant to raise!"

So I ask for the floor - dealer asks me, "Really?" and I say, "Yes, please." And she calls the floor who rules in my favor - button only limped. Great!

SB folds and goes to break. I look down at 25o - honestly not the hand I was hoping for but I check and......flop comes 34Q......and I shove to take the pot and totally out of character I show my hand and the remaining players laugh (even my opponent had a good chuckle).


So, I got to see a free flop - so important because I had already paid for it.

Essentially this is an example of the oversized chip rule being enforced - even though the dealer was technically correct about it qualifying as a raise.
I hope this doesn't sound too complicated. But it is a type of error you see in live play and not online.

Good luck again!

 

[finaltable1]

it's much better then online poker.
my advice:
try to play 20-30 minutes without looking at your cards.
act like you're looking at your cards, but don't do that.
it's like you're playing blind. keep checking/calling/betting like you know your cards.
this way you'll start paying attention to players instead of paying attention to your hands.
Good Luck

 

[vaquinhaneva]

I never played

 

[M13A13]

I never played but I believe that it is not so different once you already have experience in the game you already know the rules and the techniques, if you already played tell your experience the first time at a real table.

When you've never played poker at a real table, you've meant you've never played poker live.
If your question was about real game even in the virtual environment, I can tell you that it is very different from play money because you play with more experienced players and the sense of the game is different.
But if you want to know how to play live poker live, I can assure you you will not have a board telling you which hand you have as a sequel, flus and two pairs, you will have to reason yourself.

 

[BesseNuts]

You should try. You will see a great difference. I prefer live poker, you can know players, chat, know why they are there. Its too important to your decisions.

 

[lablelarry]

I played on cruise ships on electronic tables. Live players sit at the electronic table, each player has their own viewing area where they can see their hole cards and the table is shown in the middle of the play area (table top) just like you see it online.

I did quite well, cashed out with good profit.

What I found weird when I watched people playing at those electronic tables on the cruise ship (Celebrity) was that everyone was standing all around the table, you could see the person's cards infront of you (if you were a spectator) when they looked at them on the screen. I thought that wasn't very good because then people sending signals or something to the players. Did you notice find this when you played? or were they not covering their cards well enough when looking?