Nervous on new table

[Nesehorn156]

Even after playing cash games for a while, I still feel a bit nervous before sitting down at a new table. Facing unknown players and real stacks can make me overthink my decisions, and I sometimes worry about misreading opponents or making a costly mistake in the first few hands. Once the game gets going, I usually find my rhythm, but those initial moments always feel intense. Do you ever get that nervous feeling before a cash game, and how do you push through it?

 

[Station_Master]

Not really to be honest. Probably just a case of getting used to it

 

[fundiver199]

Are you playing live or online? Online you can always just play a little tight and pass on marginal spots, until you got the new table arranged, the HUD has popped up etc. I am not a live player, but I suppose, its kind of the same thing? Its not a ton of value lost by not defending your first blind or take a more passive pot controlling line, until you have settled in, gotten your chips arranged etc. Live or online nothing force you to 3-bet preflop or check-raise the flop and play some massive pot out of position in the first 2 hands.