新手赌徒往往不知道在赌桌应该如何表现。他们一上赌桌就开始头脑混淆，搞不清应该如何行动或者应该有什么反应。在某些赌桌上，他们会发现每个人都愉快地面带微笑。玩家与荷官还会时常开玩笑，好像他们是老朋友。每个人似乎都在享受一个令人愉悦的赌桌氛围。但在有些赌桌上，气氛显得十分沉重，所有赌徒之间不聊天，不微笑，似乎除了游戏的压力以外什么都没有了。新手赌徒想要知道自己在赌场上应该如何表现，首先需要清楚自己，在赌场这种不确定的环境中自己期望的是什么。

　　一般来说，答案就是要找到你喜欢的游戏风格，并坚持下去。如果你是一个没有废话的男人或女人，那么你找到一个没有废话赌桌来发挥游戏。虽然有不少赌徒集中在一个赌桌上，围绕着一个荷官，大多数赌徒玩赌博游戏，除了追求利润以外，还追求游戏的乐趣。利润和乐趣是同样重要的。这意味着赌场是一个令人愉悦的的大型的社交平台。作为一个大型的社交平台，它自然应该遵循一定的规则，而这规则通常是约定俗成的不成文的。下面为新手赌徒列出一些基本的规则要求：

　　第一，小心支招。事实上，它是不符合赌场规矩的。没有人愿意告诉你，给别人支招会造成多严重，甚至有可能被视为作弊的一种形式。当一个游客在观看其他赌徒比赛时，无论他们的游戏发挥得怎么样，游客都不应该想他们贡献自己的意见。

　　第二，适当谈笑。如果一个新手赌徒来到一个赌场，目的金是为了追求社交的乐趣，他也应该适当谈笑。在掷骰子的赌桌上时常发出很大的噪音或欢笑声，是很令人讨厌的。掷骰子游戏应该集中精力，过多的谈笑会影响游戏水平的发挥。在赌场上善于交际，会减弱赌场玩家对赌博游戏的兴趣。总之，新手玩家在赌桌上，应该遵守友好、礼貌的游戏规则

　　第三，适量喝酒。这是一个重要规则，但让新手赌徒很难遵守，尤其是赌场提供免费的酒水时。新手赌徒要谨记一点，一盎司酒精会大大减弱一个人的反应能力。

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　　How to Behave in the Casino

　　Novice gamblers often wonder how to behave at the gambling table. They're confused in the beginning, not quite sure how to act and react. At some tables they find everyone is smiling and jovial. Players joke with dealers as if they were old friends and everyone seems to be having a grand time. At other tables seriousness is the word, not chatting, no smiling, no nothing but pressures of the game. What is expected of one in such uncertain surroundings?

　　Generally the answer is to find the style of game you like and stick to it. If you're a no-nonsense man or woman, find a no-nonsense table. Though there are those times when a group of hyper-intense gamblers are grouped at one table with a hyper-intense dealer, croupier, or stickman as topping, most people play for fun just as much as they play for profit. This means the casino is by and large a cheerful place with plenty of sociability. Naturally there are certain rules of propriety one follows. These are few, largely unwritten, and good to know. Some of the basic ones are:

　　Be Careful about Kibitzing First of all, it's rude. No one wants to be told how badly he's playing or how much better the kibitzer would play if he were holding the same hand. Second, it's bothersome to others. And third, at times it can be taken as a form of cheating. If a person is just watching a game he is expected to watch it without contributing his advice.

　　Talking while Playing There is no hard, fast rule here. Certainly there are gregarious tables, even gregarious dealers, and certainly it's all right to make conversation in the course of a game. At the craps table there is always much noise and mirth, but craps has been a favorite of the noisemakers, and noisemakers usually make bad gamblers. Those who play by skill need to concentrate. This goes for you as well as the other guy. Too much chit-chat over the cards or dice is distracting. Mistakes are made, especially if playing a system. In the attempt to be overly sociable, a player can lose his or her concentration that is so vital to good gambling. So follow this rule, be friendly, be polite, but spend your real energies playing the game.

　　Be Careful of Liquor This is an obvious rule but hard to follow, especially when the drinks are cheap or even on the house. But remember, even one ounce of alcohol impairs reflex and thought response by as much as 10 percent. Yes, even one drink. Nothing will affect a gambler's discretion faster than booze. So save it for after the game.