How To Avoid Getting Pegged As The Fish Your First Time In The Poker Room

In texas holdem poker the term Fish is used to describe the weakest and least experienced player at the table. You never ever want to be the fish. It is commonly said that if you look around the table and you can not see the fish you are in his seat.

To avoid being instantly marked as the fish make sure not only appear as if this is not your first time in a texas holdem poker room in a casino but that you are there often. Make sure no matter how impressed by the place you are, you appear as if this is just another day playing texas holdem in the casino. If your skills at texas holdem will not allow you to go unnoticed then pick another game like roulette or blackjack.

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.

If you were a spy trying to infiltrate into Russia during the cold war the CIA would have you trained on how to speak Russian and the proper idioms and accent as well so that you blend is as a local, well texas holdem has its own language as well and if you want to blend in as an experienced player you have to know the language as a native speaker. This means understanding what others are saying and being able to use the common expressions correctly in normal conversation. Not laughing at a joke because you did not understand it will make you stand out and some people are bound to notice and figure out you are not all you seem to be.

You may have seen people playing Texas Holdem on television dressed with advertisements for poker tournaments and poker related products and if you go to some stores you can buy this type of apparel. Do not let yourself think that you can go into a casino dressed like this and get away with it. The people on TV are paid to wear that stuff because they are professional texas holdem players and have a good chance of being seen on TV. In the casino poker room a first time player will not be on any TV except a security camera getting laughed at by the security officers as you lose all your money. No one will take you to be a real player if you are dressed like a fool.

Every player at a texas holdem poker table that spots you as the fish will then begin to focus on you till they find your tells, and believe me we all have them. It is just experience that allows some of us to hide them better then others.