Before anything, I would like to congratulate you for having a great site. Thanks for creating and maintaining the site, it has been a great help to me.

Well, my main reason for writing this is to actually ask a question that keeps on bothering me. For a number of months now, I’ve been playing online poker. And just 3 months ago, I’ve won large amount of money by just playing on William Hills online card room. However, because of my curiosity about real poker, I eventually became interested in visiting a casino nearby.

My question now is about real games in casinos and with the question asked by one of your visitors by which is something about how people dress being an indicator of their skill. As I could remember, you said that you are not that convinced that the way people dress would mean something like for an instance their skill, but instead perhaps how people play based on their race. You also said that young white males won’t cause any problem. Well I’m a young, white male and I also play tight/textbook play, specifically online. But I’m disturbed about it as people might be able to see through me. I don’t know if you exactly get what I mean.

Similarly, in your another article, you said that players who first established their skills online become much better players than those who go directly to casino and poker rooms. In my case, well, I have already gained lots of online experience, but I believed this is still not enough assurance I will be good in playing real cash games.

As of now, I can afford to lose the money, but I’m not sure if I’m prepared enough to be pathetic or be a fish at the table.

Is there anything you could advise to me? Any thoughts or tactics to share? And is it true that “real card room” players are harder to beat than online players?

And any suggestion if how many times I should visit the casino?

Thanks for any help in advance.
Charles
Charles,

First, being a young white male, you will probably be perceived to be a typical holdem player. You may not be given credit for solid play, which may be of benefit, but also you may have some players play back at you and chase you down with bad hands.

Real card room players aren’t any tougher to play than online players. They can be more difficult to deal with as you can’t block chat etc. In some ways live players are easier as you can pick up additional tells on them you can’t see online.

Go in and play your normal game, and you will likely be fine. As far as how many times you should visit the casino, that is up to you. I would go at least 2 or 3 times to see how you do. If you like it, keep going. If not, then there are plenty of online card rooms.

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