December 05, 2005
Since you will, in essence, be paying for lessons the first few times you play poker in a casino, there's no reason to make them any more costly than necessary. My advice is simple: Play small at first. And stay small until you feel comfortable with the environment, are sure that you can outplay your opponents, and can afford a bigger game. Then move up. Join the 'Good Hands' People: Playing marginal pokerparty.com hands can be your undoing.
A new $30-$60 hold'em list was in the process of being called down when I arrived, so I quickly put myself on the list and was in the process of being seated when the powers that be decided that the game was to be $40-$80. Since I've been living in Palm Springs for the past four and a half months, where a game bigger than $15-$30 is seldom seen, I decided to play a bit above my usual limits and sat down just as the first hand was being dealt.
Where that leaves you, dear reader, is right here -- with a map and a compass that are at best a bit murky and unclear -- and a reliance on what you may have gleaned from study and experience, along with a willingness to assess your Pokerparty actions accurately, with neither ego nor rose colored glasses to skew your view. There are guidelines available for you too.
