Early Warning Signs for Endangered Fish Populations in the U.S. and Canada.

In keeping with Dusty's take on the level of play today (see last thread or so), and the fact that we will soon be seeing an influx of new players IMHO, here is a first draft LOL, please add or change as u c fit:

Online poker will soon be available to Canadians and Americans as governments race to legalize it. Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia are three provinces that are considering legislation to open the doors to online poker rooms. Thousands, if not millions, of people who enjoy having a punt will soon be encouraged to join the fray and learn to master the world’s most popular game. Unfortunately, they are facing a learning curve that has already been scaled by thousands of schooled poker sharks, who have at least a five year learning advantage. These sharks eat fish… are you one?

1) Do you think you can play as well or better than those idiots on TV?
2) Would you have more luck learning poker than with the video lotteries at your local bar?
3) Is playing poker safer than Lotto 649?
4) Is poker a horse race?
5) Do you like coin flips?
6) Would you like to be a pro poker player?
7) Is poker a game of chance?
8) Do you think poker is a good recreational pastime on the weekends, along with a few brewskies?
9) Do you have a good sixth sense?
10) Do you have a credit card?

If you answered yes to two or more of the above questions, then you are a fish.

damn i said yes to 1,9 and 10...

i cant wait until they get some more fishes into these player pools though im getting lonely

how exactly saying yes to two of those answers makes someone a fish? i have a credit card and i do believe playing poker is safer than playing lotto 649.

anyway, i forgot what i wanted to say, bring the new guys in, microstakes has waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to many regulars

Weeeeee we're due for some fish. Better get my bait ready

It's fun to talk about fish and what consitutes one. At the same time we all hope that we're not the fish that we are all talking about. However, if you really think there are non-fish, please consider this alternate view.

I find the concept that poker community consists of fish and non-fish flawed and overly simplistic.

The entire poker community is composed of fish so the only questions are: 1) do you have a bankroll; and 2) are you converting oxygen into carbon dioxide; 3) do you have Internet access and an online poker account; and 4) do you play real money games on that account. Answer all four questions "yes" and you are a fish. If you answer any "no", not only are you not a fish, you're not even in the pond.

The secret to winning "consistently" is that you play fish that are at a lower in the food chain while avoiding those who are higher in the food chain. The difference between real fish and poker fish (maybe) is that, at any given moment, a poker fish may move up or down in the food chain. This could be due to good or bad luck, or flashes of genius or stupidity.

Also, it would be a mistake to assume that all new online poker players will start at the bottom of the food chain and have to work their way up.

All the above IMHO.

Holy wow I'm a super-fish I guess by this standard, lol. I said yes to everything except 4 and 8. Doyle Brunson'd be a fish too cuz he believes in sixth sense, and I'd guess has a credit card.

Ha ha txs. Did I say haha?

Read Dustys threads again...

Newbies are toast on the water online... emerging legislation will loose these spawn onto shark infested waters...

Yummmm

excited for new food. link to legislation?

I'm a blue whale (not exactly a fish) but swimming in the great pond (the atlantic ocean) feeding off plancton.

So I'm happy to be having more fodder available.

Voted yes

2(never played video lottery),
3 (never won anything),
4(lol),
9 (but my hearing fails me sometimes says Bianca),
10 (though I never use it).

So how long do I have to become a big fish before all the new little fish come in?

In Canada, not very long. In the US, could be a while...

I voted yes to 7.

Wow way too early in the morning... I seriously thought this was a thread about dying fish populations (biologically speaking) here in North America. Gotta go have some coffee. I answer yes (groggily though).

I AM THE FISH

a new influx of players? slowest race ever

+1

Im in BC and would like to know what the implications might be.

The water is warm, jump on in!
Nom nom nom nom nom!!!!

Well, check google for the BC policy progress on this, but I would think it means a severe depletion of left coast salmon stocks, and a freezer full of smoked salmon for me. Yum...

You are in the wrong forum obviously. You didn't vote yes to 10 (having a credit card) so I suggest throwing your spare change into a slot machine, bingo, lotto whatever... Poker is too cruel for you! Peeps with smarts will take advantage!!

Could find all that much good info on this. Nothing too specific. What it seems like is some provinces in Canada are goin to legalize online poker and try to compete with a new site of their own????

http://www.pokerdepositoptions.com/n...-in-september/

http://www.pokerdepositoptions.com/n...-online-poker/

Why would having a credit card make you a fish?

Have you ever had soggy toast? - not my choice of food















*it's cake

1) Do you think you can play as well or better than those idiots on TV?
When I am sitting in front seeing all the cards and on my 5th beer, of course.

2) Would you have more luck learning poker than with the video lotteries at your local bar?
Uh oh, video lotteries?? not sure I know em... I am old.......
3) Is playing poker safer than Lotto 649?
Well, its safer than drinking to much in the Village and waking up in a strangers bed......
4) Is poker a horse race?
Na, shootin fish in a barrel is more like it
5) Do you like coin flips?
If its with the redhead, over who undresses first, uh....YEA
6) Would you like to be a pro poker player?
you mean i'm not????
7) Is poker a game of chance?
not whn I play.
8) Do you think poker is a good recreational pastime on the weekends, along with a few brewskies?
Change the word "Poker" with ANY OTHER WORD and...YES
9) Do you have a good sixth sense?
You mean the one with Bruce Willis? I have an old copy, dont know if I would describe it as "good"....
10) Do you have a credit card?
yes (it doesent have to belong to me does it?)
oooops Too many yeses

What kind of fish am I????

I don't have a creditcard and don't need it at the moment.
But poker is indeed a game of chance. Poker involves a certain degree of skill but it remains gambling no matter what you claim.

Escape from scam sites is all, there are no taxes to pay on winnings in Canada unless it is your full time job, even then the rules are scant and probably unenforceable by the CRA. The problem I see is that lottery corporations profits are in the 60% range,,,,,,,,that's a lotta rake.

It will be interesting to see where this leads.........

Yes, it is gambling. Yes, there is luck involved. But it is mainly skill, not chance or luck, that separates the bad from the good, the good from the great, the great from the world class player.......

I have been playing for more than 5 years and consider myself still a fish

Thats right. Not too much info yet but I bet this will happen fast...

Because it allows fish to buy into poker sites? In conjunction with some of the other warning signs, this is not a good thing

Canada is deep into video gaming in the bars, and lotteries... poker is the next step. Even at 5% rake the provinces can't resist the potential profit for long...

God Bless You my son...

Not the place for this argument. There are threads on this. BTW my MTT graph heads straight up at a 45 degree angle for years now -- how is that luck? (Don't answer -- go to the Is Poker Luck or Skill thread please).

Yea verily I concureth... as do most of the regs here...

So mine point is proven.....
I know about it requiring skill otherwise i wouldn't be playing for so long with money which i got for free in the first place and then build up but that doesn't change the fact that it still remains a game of chance.

by no means am i an expert but i hardly think that answering yes to 3 or more of these questions qualify u as a fish but do see if you answer yes to a select few for sure does.

I think you will like this thread! - How much luck do you think is involved in poker? Well now you know.

I know its hard over the internet but I think I may have detected just a little bit of sarcasm in the original post

No, really???????

I shoulda known better than to start, my apologies........

the following quote answers it well

I might be a fish or maybe not the only thing about New fish is they take up alot of water and your time!! How mant times have you played with a new one when they go all in with 2 6 off and play it to the river . And then they think they had a great hand . They see it done on TV and think thats the way to do it . they mostly WAST your TIME

I personally love people like this at my table. Adjust your game to em and its chips, chips, chips!! (Fish and chips)

And when they go all in, they have to play it to the river.......