How to recognize a fish

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How do I recognize a fish in FR/6max games?
I'm pretty new to poker and I've read you should try to squeeze money out of the most fish players at the table, so how do I recognize them?
 
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If you can't spot the fish, It's you.
 
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If you can't spot the fish, It's you.

+1.

limping too much, calling too much, peeling 3-bets oop, chasing weak draws when they aren't getting odds, don't understand positional play/ranges, not being aggressive enough, crap bet sizing, play fit/fold, call too often with weak made hands.
 
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Stats/Stack size/Typing into chat box like A spaz.
 
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plays nearly every hand no matter position or stack size
 
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+1.

limping too much, calling too much, peeling 3-bets oop, chasing weak draws when they aren't getting odds, don't understand positional play/ranges, not being aggressive enough, crap bet sizing, play fit/fold, call too often with weak made hands.
limping too much-Hmmm dont think so I usually raise but will limp behind others unless I got a hand

calling too much-hmmm sometimes but I usually raise up flops esp if I raised preflop
chasing weak draws when they aren't getting odds- HMMMM dont chase weak draws but when I do chase Im porbablly not getting right odds

don't understand positional play/ranges- Understand Position and understand about what range should be played at each pos but having a person range Im pretty bad at


not being aggressive enough- Im usally agressive when Im in a hand but that doesnt mean I dont get lost and then not sure what to do

Crap bet sizing, Im sure i fall into this one, either too much or not enough

play fit/fold- To some degree esp if Im 3 betting and raising post flop with air and then losing a bunch so sometimes I have to get back to abc poker

call too often with weak made hands- My problem is worse on this one Ill raise on weak made hands trying to make them seem stronger

YEA I guess Im still a fish, I aint killling any level but this is a pretty good list to make sure Im keep myself in line with
 
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@doomasiggy......fit/fold?.....would a fish know when to fit or fold though?.....most of them play ATC
 
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@Dan, i think doom means 'open limping' ....
 
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It takes a few hands to find them and hopefully when you do someone hasnt already taken all their money. They chase everything and seem to call any reasonable bet.
 
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@doomasiggy......fit/fold?.....would a fish know when to fit or fold though?.....most of them play ATC

lots of fish play fit/fold. Especially in tournaments. These are the kind of twats who have a 60/4 range but somehow end up with a 50k stack when the blinds are 50/100.

Limp-shoving is another sign of a fish.
 
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