I Need desperate help advise online i play well and make a small profit know my spots etc etc study i love the game .. Go to the local casino tourney and totally play terrible freeze just can't think .. Is the transition really this hard i try calm down , i know i can beat them but sadly im not i look at hands ppl turn over and think what the XXXX .. Has anyone experienced this issues and how did you deal with it
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Practice!
The whole mechanics is different. No HUD, how big is the pot?, people starring you down, etc.
I'm going to my first live poker game on Thursday, only been playing a few weeks. Had some luck on the spin and goes but I know I'm going to make myself look like and idiot. Practice makes Perfect.
Originally posted by josroch
I'm going to my first live poker game on Thursday, only been playing a few weeks. Had some luck on the spin and goes but I know I'm going to make myself look like and idiot. Practice makes Perfect.
Hi, josroch,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com!
Live poker can be a lot of fun!
As for looking like an idiot, you're right it takes a lot of practice to get the look just right! 
Best of luck,
VS
In addition to what I wrote above, tells come into play, both picking them up and suppressing your own. This is serious business. Take the average high-rolling supernova. He or she might crush NL5000 online, but is probably crushed himself if he tries to play against Doyle, Daniel and company in a friendly little $200 000 buy-in televised live cash game. Doyle might say (to himself) something like "I think you are bluffing" instead of "I'm at the top of my bluff-catching range" and pick off a huge bluff with a ridiculous hand. Live is VERY different.