Anxiety for First B&M

[Mercman572]

Thanks for this in depth reply.

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Importance of tells:

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Don't waste your time on this. It is the rare player at low limit holdem games that can pick up on tells. Focus on improving your game skills instead.

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Thanks for confirming, although I was referring more to a crash course in revamping read skills rather than making it my long term poker goal .

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Yep, sounds good to me, but remember to consider the overall table atmosphere. A $100 max buyin table full of rebuying donks with lots of chips on the table is better than a $200 max buyin table full of rocks with nothing more than the minimum stack.

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Very good point. I think there might be a good chance there aren't 100 BB buyins in smaller games so if I'm going to gambooool as shallow stacks dictate it might as well be where I can comfortably rebuy.

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If you're not prepared to go bust then you have no reason sitting down at the game in the first place.

Last night at a live 20/40 game I took my biggest loss ever in terms of raw dollar amount. The game was deliciously retarded, but I kept getting spanked by the table maniac. It was ROUGH. But I expected this to happen at some point, and after I lick my wounds a bit I'll be right back at it, same level. If you can't approach a game with this mindset, don't sit.

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This is a very good point. If the table is very bad (in the good way) however, I plan on passing up marginal EV situations so that I don't lose my confidence if I take a hit or two (i.e. 3 bet pushing an OESFD when I think a guy has overpair).

[DrewOnTilt]

No problem, and good luck to you.

[tonypaladino]

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I don't know how many different games they will offer, they don't provide their resort games on the web. I'm assuming there will be at least a very low game with high rake and a bigger game. The place is known as a vacation spot and gambling is one of the bigger attractions.

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I wouldn't assume anything - just because there's gambling doesn't mean there will be poker. I made this mistake on a cruise one time - since they talked so much about the casino, I thought there'd be some poker. Nope - nothing but slot machines, video poker (with a bad pay schedule), and BJ with terrible rules. You should do really do some research first, not only on what they "offer" but what games actually get going (they may say they spread 3-6, 4-8, 10-20, 200NL, 500NL, but only the 3-6 game ever actually runs). You may find that you'll want to practice up on your limit play if that's all they have.

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Yes, don't assume. Just call the casino, and don't just ask what they spread, ask which games usually run