first-night/index

First Night

Get comfortable before you sit down.

Draft: pending review by a live-cash coach

These lessons cover what happens before and around your first hands: how rooms work, how chips work, and what is expected of you. Read them at home. They are for study before and review after, never for use during a hand.

Lessons

1. Getting on the list

3 min

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2. Buying in and chips

3 min

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3. Blinds, button and straddles

3 min

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4. Acting in turn and saying your action

6. Showdown and protecting your hand

3 min

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7. Tipping, phones and table manners

3 min

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8. Your first session plan

4 min

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9. Breaks, coloring up and cashing out

3 min

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Rehearse your first night

Play one whole first session, from the list to cashing out, and get a list of what to reread.

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Table walkthroughs

Practice common situations one step at a time and see why each choice works or not.

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Glossary

Table terms, and the words to say.

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Before you go

Check these off at home. This list stays on this screen only.

I know my budget for the night, and I stop when it is gone.

I know the rake and what an hour costs.

See the cost

I read the room card.

See the rooms

I practiced the walkthroughs.

This app stays closed while I play, and my phone follows the room's rule.

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