I started playing on PS again last week. It had been about six months since my last game. The first thing I noticed is there appear to be at least as many fish on PS as there were six months ago. Also, it looks like the total number of PS players has gone up slightly, which bodes well for the fish percentage. Has anybody noticed whether there are more or less fish lately? I would probably have made a lot more than the $600 I ended up making over my last 200 games if I wasn't so unlucky.

RC

I have seen a recent resurgence in fish over the past two/three weeks. In April and early May it was dire straights. Pokerstars has fully twice the volume of Full Tilt so one would think there would be more fish there.

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11:09:32 PM Randy: limit poker is easy
11:19:03 PM Randy: ok, i suck at teh limit

Mirage: FU PKOER
Mirage: F
Mirage: U
Mirage: FUFUFU
Mirage: up a $1.45 still YES

Perhaps this is true. I've played around a bit lately on the 100NL and 200NL tables on PS just crapping about and really there aren't so many classical fish but there are plenty of new-age fish, people who think they know how to play and are in fact very exploitable. So I guess to good players, yes, there are more fish.

The pond isn't a pyramid anymore however, it's more of a kite.

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Good post ugi. There ARE lots of players who seem to have some clue regarding preflop play, and so they manage to cooler the fish often enough, but wind up exploited by the better players.

I was playing teh .50/$1 limit state of texas hold them yesterday against a player called Mirage and he exploited me with his uber while going for the infamous three barrel checkraise.


That's what I know.

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11:09:32 PM Randy: limit poker is easy
11:19:03 PM Randy: ok, i suck at teh limit

Mirage: FU PKOER
Mirage: F
Mirage: U
Mirage: FUFUFU
Mirage: up a $1.45 still YES

lol

Yeah PS sucked in April the games were really tough. I couldn't get any money in back then and assumed this is why there weren't alot of fish (i.e. they lost all there money and couldn't play anymore). So I lost all my money and couldn't play anymore. Oh wait, shit.

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sfustsh: I just assumed johnny's post were him getting busted by a shortstack...

Didn't have hardly any time to play tonight but man.... play like this on every table. I got 200 players points in 47 minutes.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

MP1: $128.50
MP2: $637.50
CO: $114.75
BTN: $228.80
SB: $83.60
BB: $246.75
UTG: $92
Hero (UTG+1): $209.50

Pre-Flop: Q 6 dealt to Hero (UTG+1)
UTG calls $2, Hero folds, MP1 raises to $4, 3 folds, SB calls $3, BB folds, UTG calls $2

Flop: ($14) 2 A J (3 Players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks

Turn: ($14) K (3 Players)
SB bets $6, UTG calls $6, MP1 raises to $12, SB calls $6, UTG calls $6

River: ($50) 8 (3 Players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP1 bets $32, SB calls $32, UTG calls $32

Results: $146 Pot ($3 Rake)
MP1 showed A K (two pair, Aces and Kings) and WON $143 (+$95 NET)
SB mucked K Q (a pair of Kings) and LOST (-$48 NET)
UTG showed A J (two pair, Aces and Jacks) and LOST (-$48 NET)

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Blog Updated 6/21, Oooops, I'm goin to Vegas in a few days.
11:09:32 PM Randy: limit poker is easy
11:19:03 PM Randy: ok, i suck at teh limit

Mirage: FU PKOER
Mirage: F
Mirage: U
Mirage: FUFUFU
Mirage: up a $1.45 still YES

Tables were AWESOME all day on FTP.

Edit: also, LOL at sb in above hand. That's what I like to see!

The WSOP is coming up and there is always a big surge in new poker players before and after. With the delay of the WSOP ME FT this year, that should make the surge last , longer than normal.

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