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  1. what do you guys think is the best strategy when playing live against people you have never played poker with before. in my case its a 1/2nl home game
  2. Win their chips.
  3. Either assume they are all poker geniuses, until their play proves you wrong, or consider each one a poker idiot, until their play proves you wrong.

    Just pick one.
  4. play tight early until you get a feel for the table and the flow of the game and adjust accordingly