When you don't claim the $200 after you pass go

My friend once told me, poker isnt about your hand, it's about the river.

That is the definition of a fish imo

He's right, in a sense, but not for the reason he's thinking of.

You use a card protector other than chips, or clutch a bigger denomination chip anxiously when calling until you get your change. Not maybe so much fish as generally a more novice live player.

Reverse tell?

I do this.

what about the player that buys in for minimum, yet straddles.

how about the players that limp in for $2 ignoring that someone who's straddled everytime is in the straddle.

we can't forget the players that limp in for $2, then fold when someone raises to $7 with a few callers infront.

but if I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times. You've got me beat, I call.

But I'll never forget the guy that called someones allin with 94s, and said, "I knew he was bluffing".

One of my friends is a very good player and he's turned "All I keeps is rainbow twenties, player" into something of a catchphrase. In my own opinion, it was way cooler to say when twenties were actually the only multicolored bills. I've seen him ask for $12k in "rainbow twenties" before. He also insists on bringing his "sixteen lucky chips" with him in his pocket to every game he goes and often blames taking bad beats on not having his sixteen lucky chips on him. He's a bit of an eccentric like that.

As for moments when I instantly know a player is a fish, any old white guy who asks if I know that "Phil Helmuth, Jr."(emphasis on the Junior) has 13 WSOP bracelets during the WSOP is immediately getting labelled as easy money in my mind.

Anyone sitting down with one of those ridiculously huge frozen alcoholic drinks you get from Fat Tuesdays in Vegas or wherever else.

Anyone clearly under 21 but also sitting down clearly drunk or with a drink at an Indian casino.


Anyone doing or obviously on hard drugs in an illegal paid-rake or entry game (or in Vegas for that matter).

Any Vietnamese player who genuinely doesn't know who Men the Master if I ask.

You tried to buy the pot with a ridiculous overbet by using C-notes you had in play and leaving yourself with such a hilariously disproportionate stack of actual chips.

You and your friend are having a conversation and less than 50% of the words you use come from an actual dictionary and not from reading Super/System or twoplustwo during the past two months while simultaneously giving up massive amounts of free information on how the two of you play.

You actively berate old players who 1) look like they have a lot of money and 2) look like they, until then, had no intentions of going anywhere anytime fast regardless of what could have possibly happened during a session that is probably pocket change for them.

You abuse the dealer for cards you get dealt.

You announce "all-in dark" after getting stacked for 1 buy-in, lose, and come back an hour and a half later with other case money.

You legit used a $2 bill as part of your buy-in.

"I thought queen high was good heads-up."

When people have 10bigs in a tourney and they limp in

when people talk any form of strat at the poker table

when people fold hands face up

when people check in the dark

when some one in a 1/2 live game raises a 5 way limped in pot too friggin $8

I do all that stuff sometimes(no ante tourneys only)

Depending on the game dynamic it can be +EV to raise small with certain types of hands in position... Not sure if joking...

yeh I will definitely make that play with j10 suited **** even with aces if there are a bunch of lol live short stacked guys that limped

When someone open limps in late position is a pretty sure sign imo.

From the player sitting to my left at Wheeling Island on Friday:

"How much are these red chips worth?"

why not, there are several reasons to do this. and i love plays that have several reasons for it because then i don't get put on a correct range and i get paid off accordingly.

also the #1 fish tell is someone who's trying to shuffle chips but is just cutting the stack in half and putting one half on top of the other half.

When I size you up as you approach the table, sit down, talk (if you do) and behave during the game.

Also, when I see you play around five hands or so.

Something something, first half hour at the table.

Come on really ?

Idc what hand I have in late position and there are 5 to 6 limpers in front of me in a live cash game I am never raising to $8 all day....Its acts as one of those ''lol pot builder raises'' ...People who play live are all mostly tards to begin with and at least some what degenish so they will all be willing to gambo for just another $6 on top every time which isn't good even if you have AA! Its just bad to do imo and def not a long run winning move to me with any hand...

This doesn't happen that often but what about the fish who lead out for $5-$10 into a $150+ pot lol...

People who over limp in with AK...

people who have a fav hand thats way less then a premium like 94os and play it for any amount pre!

But they "won like four hundred bucks once with that hand"

When you put both card together as if they need to fit in the little glass TV rectangle.

When you talk about all the great tells you know so when I sit down at a table I an act that way and you start thinking I am a fish because you told me what your thought process is on such a thing and suddenly you realize..you're the ****ing fish.

When you connect with someone else at the table who has read a book or two and start yammering on about 3-bets, c-bets, hand ranges, etc. You also start (or continue) ignoring the rest of the table full of casual players. Or, worse, try to talk to them with that lingo. Or try to talk poker at all.

This tells me that you have some knowledge, but little wisdom.

He who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak.

You wear your Dominoes outfit to the casino because you "had a couple hours to kill before work."

Hat and everything.

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maybe some people like to have fun talking poker with people they consider intelligent and aren't miserable nits

just a thought

One time I was like, sup bro, cbet this and range that and fold equity, and this super hot girl fish was so impressed she got under the table and fellated me immediately.

True story!

But most of the time I just wait until my friend takes a break and we talk strategy away from the table.