Cigars, Beer and Poker Ground >> Casino etiquette with poker

My options are the $1/$2 tables for a cash game or $60buy in tourneys. How much would I need to sit at the 1/2 tables?

I know winning a big pot and bolting for the door would be a no no but how do you leave? Just say, ok im going to finish up in a half hour or something to that effect?

slam1523 - stop. use as much bad etiquitte as you can get away with, especially on the 1/2. alot of players don't know the rules anyways, and if they call you on your bad etiquette, they're most likely assholes themselves and seeking attention.

i like to do a semi-string bet. take a stack of chips in your hand, more than what you would bet, and put the amount you want, then draw back the rest. just make sure your hand does not leave the stack you put in. some asshole might force the dealer to make you put the whole stack in.

bet out of turn, as much as you can get away with before they call the floor. it might set you up for a big play. for example, you got the nuts, but have an aggressive player in front of you who is taking his time. bet out of turn and maybe the guy might stop your play and bet out himself as a defensive play. remember, if you bet out of turn, it is committed. however, if someone in front of you stops you and either calls or raises, you can take your bet back or do whatever you want.

take your time, frustrate the other players. slow-roll any chance you have. though in most cash games, when even money is in the pot, you are allowed to see anybody's cards at showdown. but its better to make it seem like you're an amateur and don't know the casino rules, so slow-roll when out of position for a free look at another players hand without calling attention to yourself as someone who knows the rules. the chance that he misread his hand and will muck it is minimal relative to the advantage you get by getting more information about your opponents hand range.

"correct" the play of good players. shout out wrong odds. lecture people on how stupid some players are for not knowing the odds. it'll make you look like an idiot and an asshole. beautiful. always try to get the good players off their game, and try to make the bad super-tight players comfortable. applaud their bad players. get them relaxed and they might try something creative and stupid. i usually try to sit next to bad players and become their friend at the table. poker at times is so boring that most people talk to the person next to them. relax the bad players. get them to think your their friend. when you get into a hand with them that you think you are losing to a marginal hand, you can try a bluff and tell them to get out of the hand. friends don't dick each other over, right?

perfect which front you want to present, which face you want to put on to the table. consider being the asshole. everyone wants to take down the asshole.

MakeItRain - I haven't been back to the Casino because I beat a guys ass in the parking lot for Slow Rolling me

slam1523 - andre-wierd that you mention that. a strange poker murder occurred in the last several years in AC.

two guys were arguing over a seat at the taj. one guy had sat down without asking the floor. when the guy next in line gets to the table, they get in an argument over the seat. he calls the floor and the guy who didn't get in line is told to stand. he gets really pissed off and leaves, but waits right outside. the guy who got the seat takes a cigarette break and goes outside. the two meet again outside and have a little brawl. for some reason, the guy who got the seat has a cane, and beats the shit out of the other guy. the other guy, runs to his car, gets a knife and waits outside again. when the guy with the cane takes another cig break, he gets his throat slit.

this was at the lowest limit game in the taj at that time, either a 1/2 or 2/4 LIMIT game.

true story.

btw, I'm not saying use bad etiquette all the time. but try it out. bad etiquette is not illegal, it won't get you thrown out. the only thing that may get you thrown out is making too much noise or cursing. and if you stay away from the low limit games, you probably won't get murdered.