Following fish to higher stakes

#1 28th January 2011, 12:06 AM

Now you run into alot of fish at 10NL but this one in particular didnt seem to have a fold button period lol. He badly lost 2 buy ins in close succession then left.... I did a player search and notice hes moved to a 100NL table sitting with a 70bb stack lol.

Shame I wasnt rolled to play there....So obviously I didnt even consider sitting down.

Is this quite common for these whales to jump up in stakes with a growing waiting list of people in hot pursuit?

#2 28th January 2011, 12:19 AM

ive heard of really good 25 and 50 NL players moving down and playing like shit just so that somebody willl follow them to their level

#3 28th January 2011, 3:07 AM

It is quite common for gamblers to chase losses. If a fish has lost at a low stakes table, he is trying to win them back on the higher stakes table, even if not rolled for it.

I stay within my BRM so I don't chase them, but I have a buddy that does lol.

#4 28th January 2011, 6:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyrodc

It is quite common for gamblers to chase losses. If a fish has lost at a low stakes table, he is trying to win them back on the higher stakes table, even if not rolled for it.

I stay within my BRM so I don't chase them, but I have a buddy that does lol.

That's weird that a poker player would deceive another poker player like that

I have a bunch of friends who do this actually.. the results for the follower are usually quite painful.

Remember two credo's:

1) there's no such thing as a free lunch.

2) The biggest problem "gamblers" make is that they often eat like birds, and poop like elephants..

#5 31st January 2011, 8:41 PM

I took a guy for 4 BI at 10PLO.

He left and sat a 50PLO HU table, sadly by time I searched the guys SN and opened the table someone had taken the seat opp to him. This fish went onto lose almost 17BI at 50PLO in 2 hrs after telling the other guy to play at least 4 tables simultaneously or he'd leave.

I was so pissed off, I even had 22BI for 50PLO at that point (not that its enough but still).

Golden opportunity missed.

#6 31st January 2011, 8:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PattyR

ive heard of really good 25 and 50 NL players moving down and playing like shit just so that somebody willl follow them to their level

This and I have actually seen it done with a player who I know who plays 100nl and once in a while he will play 10nl with me and will play like crap, get someone to start calling him names and they are off to HU and usually at higher stakes.

#7 31st January 2011, 9:58 PM

IF I am playing 100PLO and a spewy fish asks for 200PLO. I am going to oblige. No questions asked.

#8 31st January 2011, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marginal

IF I am playing 100PLO and a spewy fish asks for 200PLO. I am going to oblige. No questions asked.

yea thats how it is in NLHE too.

#9 1st February 2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by PattyR

yea thats how it is in NLHE too.

Would you go to 2knl with 2 BI?

I would. Im not sane.

#10 1st February 2011, 12:28 AM

i pry would knowing my terribad BRM skillz

#11 1st February 2011, 9:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PattyR

ive heard of really good 25 and 50 NL players moving down and playing like shit just so that somebody willl follow them to their level

Seriously? lol.

It seems clever to some degree but I can't imagine very many people following someone from a different table to another one espically because most wont have time to search this particular player. Would it really be worth the hassel of a good player to do that? For one, most micro players playing 5nl/10nl woulden't dream of moving up when they are dominating a table they are currently at.

#12 2nd February 2011, 4:56 PM

IMO, there's a difference between stakes and aggression levels so plays that work well at a higher level could be overly aggressive or spewy at a lower level. Then again the guy could just be a fish, but I know that when I go to lower stakes I'll sometimes be too aggressive and it can backfire.

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