Accuracy of small samples (for opponents)

[AussieBattler]

I concur with the previous posters.

Bad players will reveal themselves after relatively few hands.

It is waaay more likely that those small sample sizes for a suspected fishy actually mean a fish than a TAG who is getting a good run of cards. This is especially true at the nanos and micros.

oh and one Showed down hand for a fish can be golden...when he/she cold calls with J8 you note that and proceed to take his money. when he calls down with 3rd pair and makes trips on the river (at someone else's expense) thats gold too.

oh and Eeegah will tell tou that when a player sits with 10BB you can almost certainly assume he is bad. Thats quite possibly the best read of all cos it doesnt require any hands at all.....just watch out for 2+2ers on 15BB challenges. theyll be your exception [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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oh and Eeegah will tell tou that when a player sits with 10BB you can almost certainly assume he is bad. Thats quite possibly the best read of all cos it doesnt require any hands at all

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Maybe I'm an exception, but my last 1500BBs were won by sitting at tables with 10BBs. For me the loss of only pumping a monster for 6BBs rather than 7BBs, for example, is *way* out-weighed by being forced to find better tables rather than grinding it out at bad ones. At great tables, 10BBs is more than enough. Occasionally you'll find a great table & lose 5+ BBs on a bad beat right off the bat, but that's why you can rebuy if you're sure you want to stay there.

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oh and Eeegah will tell tou that when a player sits with 10BB you can almost certainly assume he is bad....

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Maybe I'm an exception, ...

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99x out of 100, a table full of tiny stacks is a table full of suckers. You should always have at least 12 bets on the table at all times.. Enough to cap every street if you have to. Sit with 10bb, lose a hand, and get in a boat over boat war with someone, you'll be all-in by the turn. You're never gonna LOSE anything by having 30 or 50 bb on the table.

Although I do find it humorous when someone has like 500+ bets on the table.. I wanna tell em 'You must really suck if you plan on needing all that!'

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Although I do find it humorous when someone has like 500+ bets on the table.. I wanna tell em 'You must really suck if you plan on needing all that!'


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Is anyone really intimidated by a ginormous stake at a limit table? I try not to pay attention to it unless I've been there long enough for PA to tell me if the guy is winning or not.