First time

[Eder]

Nice advice Al...I was guilty of most of these mistakes on my trip haha, especially string betting while holding the nuts...argg.
One other thing to pay attention to is muck your cards by pushing them carefully forward to within the dealers reach.A few times I flipped them onto the muck pile only to accidentaly expose one or two of them...very bad form.

[Reef]

So I went to Aces casino in Spokane for my first live 4/8. It was a smaller, rather ghetto, type of casino. Only 1 table was running, but I was warned beforehand of the conditions. On the table was an extremely loud and friendly maniac who played and raised nearly every hand - only looking at 1/4 of them. Every so often the floorman came down and told "Bubba" to stop playing with his cards face up. Eventually, this got Bubba upset and he left; a horrible move on the floormans part, considering how much action he brought. The rest of the table consisted mostly of older people who played loose preflop, but tighter post flop.

I had never played a stake as high as 4/8, but found it to be as easy as the 50 cent game online. My very first hand I played were J's from early. After limping and 1 caller, Bubba raised (of course) and one caller behind. I made the mistake of not reraising. Flop was 10,4,2 rainbow. Unfortunately, A2 drew out on me.

One of the promos at the casino was "Aces never lose". I got the potential $100 aces, but they held up for a nice pot. Overall, I played about 6 hands and went to the river 3 times- winning twice. I ended the night down $8, but really didn't mind. I'll definetaly be back for more since I'm positive I will beat it.

[The Goober]

are you really from Farmville?

[DemonDeac]

why are u limping in EP with jacks??