How to Play Texas Holdem in a Casino without Letting on that you are a Newbie

When it comes to poker "Fish" is a term for a player who will lose his money because of a lack of experience. It is an old poker saying that if you do not know who the fish is it is probably you.

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.

It is very important to blend in well at the table you are playing at. Texas Holdem has a language of its own, and if you want to be taken serious you are going to have to learn the lingo.  There are many online sources that will explain all the Texas Holdem expressions, but to know them is not enough you have to make it seem natural for you to be using them. You have to truly understand how they are used so that you understand all the jokes and comments made. If you don’t laugh at the right time or laugh at the wrong time the jig will be up and you will be marked as the fish.

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.

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.

Stacy Maxgate helps the police profile criminals and writes freelance for online casino websites about subjects that vary from casino reviews to other fun stuff gambling related.