Am I the only person...

[Baseballa19]

I would like a mix, as well. I do understand, though, that the odds are you will eventually take money from the fish because they play badly. You just can't get caught up in their games and start playing junk.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

I agree that a mix of players is ideal. If you have 7-9 fish at the table seeing the flop when you have AK (for example), even if you hit an A or a K there are so many hands out there that two pair/set is LIKELY. So it is hard to bet out, get 4-5 calls and then bet out again on the turn, and have any confidence that you are ahead in the hand. Against mostly solid players you are essentially carving up the fishes chips between you.

As they said in Rounders....
"we weren't really playing together, but we weren't playing against eachother either."

or something like that. The predictability of the solid players leaves the best hand vs the fish (or two) holding second best hands most of the time. This is a good situation IMO. Too many fish tend to leave even the best hands in a vulnerable situation unless you improve.

[Baseballa19]

That's true. It is really cool, though, to get a MONSTER hand at a table full of fish. They pay off nicely.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Yep, it seems that they are so used to playing bad hands that whenn you raise pre-flop and AAK comes on the flop the just can't comprehend that someone might have AK. These are some of the biggest pots I have seen.


3-4 calling down with j6, q8 hoping to catch runner runner for the straight, or 45 suited drawing dead to a low flush. Funny stuff.

[Gutzz]

I like flop percentage between 37-50, anything more and it... can be a little crazy. But if you're tight, then you'll push the average down a little.

I don't mind tables with flop percentage 30-37, but anything below that is just torture for me.

Cheers,

Gutzz

[drewjax]

Those % sound about right. 50% is great IMO. 80% is just nuts.

[Baseballa19]

80%? WOW! That would be a maniacs table, wouldn't it?? Every table has a couple people who play EVERY hand. I can imagine a larger portion of the table doing it.