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Don’t ‘Tap the Fish Tank’ and Let Beginner Free Online Poker Players Play!
In Children Toys of Advisor (March 9, 2010 12:52 pm)
Perhaps one of the most disturbing trends in poker in current years even on free on the web poker sites is the increasing number of so-called “good players” that regularly criticize those who play poorly. Chasing away “fish” makes little sense for anyone who wishes to win money playing poker. The surest way to win money is to play against inferior opponents who don’t realize that they’re poor players. That’s why people state that you shouldn’t “tap the fish tank” or “tap the aquarium.”
You want to people to gamble. You even want fish to get lucky a few times so that they’ll keep gambling. That’s why you should try to treat fish with respect. You want them to care about themselves and have a good time.
Applauding or praising a poor move may encourage an opponent to continuingly make the same mistakes. However, this may be outside of a players moral standing and would be considered a hustle or “setting the fishes bait”.
If you don’t feel like hustling the fish, then you should at least try keeping it jovial at the table. By creating a fun atmosphere at the free online poker tables, people will care less about the money that they’re throwing around and begin playing loose and wild. This is what you want if you’re a good player. You’ll be playing solid poker, while they’ll be throwing their money away.
No one likes being disrespected and the chances are if you’re obnoxious or impolite, your fish will find another bowl to swim in (table to play at) and inevitably take their purse with them. By pushing this opponent away you’ll have potentially pushed away money you could have won from their blunders.
Take a moment to consider if all players were decent? Poker would be one hard game to win at or more to the point make any money from.
To think simplistic poker is about making good judgment choices, and leading your opposing players to make poor choices. As you would anticipate it’s much easier to help fish make bad choices and for this reason you should keep them nibbling and not push them away. Because the bottom line is you want their money and the worse the fish the more you’ll gain.
Another reason why you shouldn’t berate fishy player at the table or in your on the web chat box is because you don’t want them to improve. If they feel humiliated with how bad they play, they might actually take the time and effort to improve their play. In other words, you’re encouraging bad players to become good players. Once they’re good, they’ll be tougher to beat. You won’t be getting their money quite as easily anymore. Why would you want to make it any harder to earn a buck in poker?
It’s hard enough to win at poker nowadays with all the information that’s available to improve your game. There are a lot of decent players out there. The games simply aren’t as soft as they were when I started playing online seven years ago.
That’s why I try not to “tap the fish tank and why I still play at free on the internet poker freerolls were there’s real money up for grabs!
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