George Lewis
Rock Star
Silver Level
Every solid player learns that a fish can get lucky and burn you but for the most part they are gold. Live it is fun to watch a table realize that a fish has arrived and everyone else begins to try to get in position to grab a share. Unfortunately, you may be the one who gets burned sometimes and it sucks to see the rest of the table stacking the fishes chips...some of which used to be yours. Overall though fish are necessary for 99 percent of us to win long term.
Dorugremon
Rock Star
Silver Level
Nothing special here that hasn't been said lots of times before. This, however, is just plain wrong. Yes, the A Number One advantage a fish has over a strong player is that unpredictability. A good player bets, calls, or raises for reasons that actually make sense. A fish does this because... just because. That can't compensate for all the other mistakes he makes.
"You have more chance beating someone that knows the game because you study the play instead of some fish playing every hand and might get lucky against your AK".
No you don't. Yeah, you flop TPTK with your Big Slick, bet it and the good player folds. You won a small pot YEAY! Against a fish, you'd've won a much larger pot if he gets sticky with Second Button, calls your pot-sized bets all the way to the river. Yeah, there's a chance he binks trips on the riv and you get stacked. SUX to be you. That doesn't change the fact that the fish made horrendously bad calls that allowed you to maximize equity. His -EV plays will catch up to him, and you'll get back whatever you lost to him plus much more. Don't think of it as losing, but as a loan that will be paid back with interest.
I win much more from the yutzes than from somewhat knowledgeable players, and even then, that's usually because I spotted a bad habit on their part. As for a year and a half of playing the Micros, I've seen -- maybe -- three players (and I'm not certain about that third one) who can play the leveling game. So far, I've hit then several times by three barrel repping with an AI on the river with nothing. I'm surprised that they haven't yet figured out that they're playing Level-2 against me while I'm playing Level-3 against them. Otherwise, I take the lion's share from the fishies.
Doubledunk
Visionary
Silver Level
Once a week run your cash game hand history analyzer like Leak Buster.
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HonestPokr
Rising Star
Bronze Level
That fish can be tough. Believe me I know. I won most money in cash games against good players. The fish go or everything and rebuys sometimes like their money grows on trees. I guess paper money does technically(lol). Anyway, I agree about those fish. They are unpredictable at times. The only predictable thing about them is knowing they are unpredictable. 
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mikeisanace
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Tight is right for a reason buddy. You think you know mr Pro's range and bet out one flop when it comes 478 rainbow to your 78 2 pair thinking his aq whiffed yet he just flat calls you and let's you hang yourself to the river when he shows 56 suited.
Fish in no limit are what your looking for along with actual rocks or nits.. Nits actually only play top 10 hands and flop sets or tptk so this is exploiatble to an extent. Fish play 52 suited and you play a9 suited so when you 2 align you stack his flush vs your nut flush hence he's a fish.
Fish in no limit are what your looking for along with actual rocks or nits.. Nits actually only play top 10 hands and flop sets or tptk so this is exploiatble to an extent. Fish play 52 suited and you play a9 suited so when you 2 align you stack his flush vs your nut flush hence he's a fish.
Dorugremon
Rock Star
Silver Level
This, I find highly doubtful. Your "good players" are most likely less fishy fish. I don't win all that much from the really good players unless I'm playing the leveling game against thinking players who can actually be sold a story, and find the fold button. Or I discovered a leak in an otherwise solid game that can be exploited, something like overplaying TPTK or overpairs, or stubborn bluffing with Big Slicks that miss, or who can't double and triple barrel (although "one and done" isn't a bad policy against the usual line-up at small games, unless someone notices and begins exploiting). Otherwise, there are certain players who corral chips from the fish and you know those chips aren't coming back out unless it's some ridiculous cooler like a flopped Big Full v. Quads, or A-high flush v. straight-flush, or something equally improbable.
