Excited...

[GeoffM]

I am playing in my first ever live holdem event tonight that will actually feature more than 10 players. It will be held at a stag I am going to (mixing work with pleasure this evening).

I know I'll be able to school these guys, they aren't the greatest players I don't believe.

Now, as far as keeping my eyes off of the strippers that are there, any advise ?

[BlibbityBlabbity]

First, get yourself some fake plastic buck teeth and a pair of thick coke-bottle prescription sunglasses. slick you hair down and part it in the middle.

The glasses will be so strong that you probably won't be able to see those strippers (that you don't want to look at ????) or your cards so you will have to take a peak under the rims every so often to see what you have (unless you want to play your cards blind that is).

Now, even if you are able to see the strippers through the glasses, you are goin g to look so freaky with the hair, glasses and teeth, that if you so much as glance at a stripper the bouncers are going to beat your ass! Assuming your friends haven't done that already for coming to a stag dressed as such a tool....

Can't imagine that helped much, but good luck

[GeoffM]

OK, thanks, now on to reads.

How to read a player when he is drunk and staring at strippers. I'd imagine if he is looking at her breasts, he has pocket rockets, or would he also do this with 27o ?

OK, actually this is no joke. I don't know standard reads, especially when people are wasted and/or stones (other than off buddies). What types of things do I look for from weaker players?

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Try that. The list down the right side has links to articles. "common Poker Tells" has the most common ones. Other articles look good too, though.

That reading should make the work day go by a little faster, right?

[GeoffM]

I said fuck working past 12 today. My work day is over. I'm going to pre-drink and then hit the open bar in serenity .

Thanks for the link man, good reading material on the train to my buddies house.

Have a good weekend all, be back on Sunday if anyone wants to set up a late night tourney on Stars.

[Talking Poker]

Against new/weak players, don't worry too much about tells. Just play solid poker. The problem is you might correctly spot a tell, but it has no meaning, because the guy giving off the tell doesn't even realize how good or bad his own hand is.

For example, say the board is KKQJ2 with a flush on the board. The guy could very easily have a hand like Q8o and be playing it strongly because he has "two pair - Kings and Queens."

Just have fun and don't try anything fancy.