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The best advice I can give a beginner about table manners is to follow the action carefully and avoid getting distracted. It is your time to act when the player seated to your right holding cards has completed their action. You then can call, fold or raise. It is important for you to know exactly what your betting options are in order to move the game along. View your hand when it is your turn to act. Don’t give out any tells to your opponents by looking at your hand anytime before. Remember blinds increase during tournaments so pay close attention to the action at the table.

Some casinos allow for tableside dining during your play in a tournament but I don’t recommend it. Your mind has to be on your opponents action at the table as well as your own. How can you concentrate on the game in a structure where blinds increase when you are working on an entrée at the table?

Just about all casinos do not allow cell phone use at the table. You cannot talk on your phone and play in a tournament. That’s bad table manners and disrupts play. You will be forced to fold your hand if you are caught using your cell phone at the table. .........