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How to Avoid Coming Home Broke your First Time in a Casinos Poker Room
by Ellie Schneider
The fish is a poker term for the player who is going to be easiest to take money from. It is said that if you can not spot the fish at your table then you are the fish.
The confidence displayed on your face is one of the best ways to avoid having people pick you out as a new player to the Texas Holdem Table or whatever poker game you have chosen. This confident look will make it seem like you belong in the room. If you look lost people will watch you like a vulture stalking a dying animal in the desert, and they will pick you off the first chance they get.
Be prepared, this is not your Friday night card game with the boys. This is not a sit down tell some dirty stories and have a laugh game. The casino Texas Holdem games are taken very seriously. These players come to play a serious game and win some serious money, and the last thing they want is a fish at their table ruining their game. If you are not a very strong player then maybe you should avoid the Texas Holdem table and try some 3 card poker or something easier like roulette. Only once you are sure your skills are strong should you try to sit and play in the casino.
Looking like you belong in a texas holdem poker room is very important and so is sounding like you belong. If you were in Russia and you walked up to someone to get directions you would instantly be recognized as a foreigner because of the way you speak. Well Texas Holdem has a language of its own and if you don’t speak it like a native you are going to stand out as a newbie. If you do a web search for Texas Holdem Poker expressions you will find many websites that offer you all of the most commonly used expressions and what their definitions.
Do not under any circumstances come to the casino to play Texas Holdem dressed like the players you see playing in tournaments you see on television. Many of these players are pros and are sponsored and that is why everything they wear says something about Texas Holdem and poker. If you wear this stuff and no one knows who you are everyone will know you are just some fool beginner trying to look cool, but if you have real poker skills this can be an advantage to you everyone will expect you to be the fish and they will all underestimate you, giving you a big advantage.
By being marked as the fish you will have a harder time because everyone will be focusing on you to get your tells and to see what makes you uncomfortable, so avoiding this label will make the game better for you. Just keep your cool and try not to make any stupid mistakes until you have had at least one or two good hands. This will allow you to establish some credit and avoid being marked the Fish at a Texas Holdem Table in any casino around the world.
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