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Old 03-12-2005, 02:54 AM     Post subject: Educating or harassing Fish in LHE #1 (permalink)  
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There have been many posts on FTR and other sites about why it is not in your best interest to educate or harass fish online (through chat) or in person at a B &M. I was checking out some other sites and one poster had a great anology to demonstrate the stupidity of educating fish. It was intended for those players who rag on the fish, even though they know they shouldn't.

The premise is that if you are "better" than the fish, he will pay you off in the long run, so why would you want to harass someone you hope to get paid off from? If you harass them they might leave the table. His anology is below:



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Pretend you're a slot machine that pays out less than 100%. Now what the hell kind of a slot machine would you be if instead of congratulating your customers when they win a jackpot, you berated them and told them how stupid they were for even playing on you when it says right on the front of the machine that it pays out less than 100%?

I thought it was pretty funny. If you are a +BB/hr "Holdem Slot Machine" it is something to think about next time you are tempted to rag the fish....
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Old 03-12-2005, 05:30 AM #2 (permalink)  
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No need to educate or harass them. The best way to handle it is to be friendly towards them. If they say you chase too much, you say 'sorry man, i felt lucky.' If they say partypoker is rigged, then by all means it's rigged!
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