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Iryna Stryzheuskaya

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If you cannot find the fish at the table, then the fish is you.
 
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When you witness a lot of mistakes. Overplaying top pair, playing to many hands passively, calling station, etc.
 
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if you can not take offense then it really is you because its super easy to spot a fish regs follow a blue print of strategy advocated by a host of books and training videos its super easy to spot someone deviating from that read a few books and you should be spot the difference
 
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It shouldn't take you very long to find the fish if you are watching other hands at the table. Don't just pay attention to the hands you are in. Sometimes you can pick up important information about other players just by observing other hands at the table. If you see players constantly getting it in bad, getting in every hand, calling down every bet then obviously they are probably fish. Be patient and when you get a really good hand outplay them. Over time you will win against the fish much more often then they will win over you.
 
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plays a lot of hands, often bluffs, often opens with bad cards
 
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plays a lot of hands, often bluffs, often opens with bad cards


very funny hahahaha
what if a player plays a lot of hands, since it's cheap to see the flop?
what if his bluffs work?

most of the good players have a very wide opening range with 150bb+ stack, everything depends on the price for flop-river.

here is a situation.
Tourney starts, all players have 100bb stacks
player 1 raise 3bb with AA
player 2 call with AKo
player 3 call with 92s

flop 3 7 9

player 1 bets 7bb, player 2 folds, player 3 calls

turn 3 7 9 2

player 1 bets 20bb, player 3 calls

river 3 7 9 2 J

player 1 bets 45bb, player 3 goes all in, player 1 calls and goes to sleep cursing "the fish"

Who is the fish in this situation?

the one who played 9-2 in position for 3% of his stack
or
the one who played A-A in early position for 3% of his stack?

Fish is the one who constantly makes bad decisions.

limping into the flop with 72os for 1bb with 200bb stack is a good decision.

Fish has no idea what type of bets exist... Protection bet - what is it? DO You know? How do you check? By pressing "check" button, or by pressing "bet" button? :captain:
 
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The best players also do most of the above.
I reccomend to find the fish by the smell!
If it smells like a fish, it probably is:D
 
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