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I've been reading several interesting articles of how to play against fish At the moment i'm making a short summary of all those articles. So anyone interested in those files ? I will post them under "THE FISH FILES"
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I'm not so thrilled to see files explaining how to play against me but at the same time i'm curious to see what they figured out so far Seriously now ( eve thou I know I'm still a fish ), Strategy reading is always a plus here in the forum and if you say there's some interesting stuff there it can only help improve ones game so i do look forward for it
Sounds interesting, always up for a good read especially if there is the possibility of learning something new. There are many articles and strategies on the subject...looking foreword to seeing if there is something new to learn here.
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You could take that more than one way...
How to play 'against' fish...OR
How to 'play the fish'... meaning, give folks the impression that you ARE a fish,...and when they bait the hook and figure they're gonna yank you into the boat,....you JUMP out of the water and eat them whole.... < lol....
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Just don't try and bluff them as they will call you down with middle or low pair thinking you are bluffing them or there hands are good. I had to learn that the hard way.
I find that most often the word "fish" is used, not to indicate a certain playing style, or lack of competence, but rather to exempt oneself from belonging to that group...
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Posted by marqis: I find that most often the word "fish" is used, not to indicate a certain playing style, or lack of competence, but rather to exempt oneself from belonging to that group...
You know,....I sort of agree with that statement!
I'll also add that that is a very arrogant thing to say about other players. Like somebody has to have an awfully fat head and a high opinion of themselves to think that they can 'lure' somebody into doing something.
Some folks play really bad and get themselves into all kinds of trouble,...but I'm sure it's their own doing and not somebody elses...
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Posted by demodawggy:
Posted by marqis: I find that most often the word "fish" is used, not to indicate a certain playing style, or lack of competence, but rather to exempt oneself from belonging to that group...
You know,....I sort of agree with that statement!
I'll also add that that is a very arrogant thing to say about other players. Like somebody has to have an awfully fat head and a high opinion of themselves to think that they can 'lure' somebody into doing something.
Some folks play really bad and get themselves into all kinds of trouble,...but I'm sure it's their own doing and not somebody elses...
I'm sorry if my article is offensive to some people. It's not my intention at all of accusing some players of being a "fish".
It's just a common poker term to mark those playing styles as fishy. Everybody in poker makes mistakes, me to I just don't want to make too much of them
So once more : I just wanted to share the summary of the articles on exploiting "fish" but the main raison is of course : collecting some MOB points
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G'day Superpokefa
Well you can also learn the concepts better by writhing them out in summery for your fellow mobsters. You will be reinforcing the lessons you learned through your personal creative process. Good for you and helpful to others. Keep up the good work. be cool
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SUPERPOKEFA...This will make for interesting reading and at last something of a kinda poker strategy post/thread to read through, learn from and make comment about and then Mobsters can truly earn their mobpoints rather than posting drivel about drivel...which happens from time to time.
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Yeah write it down it will be good to hear your say on those things, I might give some of advice to you if needed, you know the fish nowadays are getting better and better because we have a lot of poker materials our there so it is a good way to learn how to extract max value from them!
Posted by marqis: I find that most often the word "fish" is used, not to indicate a certain playing style, or lack of competence, but rather to exempt oneself from belonging to that group...
You know,....I sort of agree with that statement!
I'll also add that that is a very arrogant thing to say about other players. Like somebody has to have an awfully fat head and a high opinion of themselves to think that they can 'lure' somebody into doing something.
Some folks play really bad and get themselves into all kinds of trouble,...but I'm sure it's their own doing and not somebody elses...
I'm sorry if my article is offensive to some people. It's not my intention at all of accusing some players of being a "fish".
I'm sure no one took offense... For that you need to think of yourself as being a fish, and few people do (just like everyone thinks he's a better than average driver).
Of course my comment was just a conceited attempt of excluding myself, from both the "fishes"-group, as well as the group that calls other people "fish", in order to not be thought of as a "fish" themselves...
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G'day mates
Well for the record. I want everyone on the tables I play to think I am a total fish. I do not show my VIP level on PStars at all any more. I have also dropped down to levels on the rounder tables. Hope this helps me in my new bankroll building quest [shameless blog thread plug]
And wait for "Good post" thumbs 
), Strategy reading is always a plus here in the forum and if you say there's some interesting stuff there it can only help improve ones game so i do look forward for it 
