Ally Web Directory: Free Articles » Gambling » How to Avoid getting Pegged as the Fish your First Time in the Poker Room

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.

If you thought you could walk in and learn the game as you  play the only thing that is going to happen is that you are going to go broke fast, and then you are going to hear laughter as you walk away from the table with your head down and defeated. Make sure you know all the inns and outs of the game before coming to play in the casino. At home on the computer online playing against computer opponents is the best way to start, then eventually join a weekly texas holdem game with friends then go online and play fro real money before going near a casino poker room.

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.

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.