Quote Originally Posted by lambchopdc
Quote Originally Posted by iRICHeyes
Your thinking tilted. Its just variance. You should want to play with fishies. Whats the alternative? Play with good players?
Yes fish come out on weekends. Actually, the super fish come out on weekends. There is a difference between fish and super fish. Fish can be put on a hand or on a draw. Super fish play J9s the same way they play AA. They are completely irradic and horribly unbeatable in the short run. I'm not a cash player so I don't know how you guys deal with these fish, but as a SNG player....i just don't play. I would much rather wait until monday morning when the players are so weak-tight I just steal my way to a 3k stack. As far suggesting you raise 12x preflop....please tell me someone did not just recommend that...i'm going to pretend noone did. And btw, its not just variance, it is the weekends and if anyone disagrees they can check out my PT stats and find out how horribly wrong you are. And i think suggesting to him that he needs to come back with a "positive attitude" is the wrong advice. I find someone always has to respond to a question with this like "its just variance, get over it." Well its not so don't get his spirits down. If his style of play doesn't work against the weekend players....he shouldn't play the weekend players. Picking the time to play is just as important as picking the right table to play on.
Hold up, I thought we were talking cash games and not SNG's? In a SNG it's a little tougher to exploit some of the loose bad play that often accompanies SNG's due to the rising blinds which force the action. In a cash game I can exploit weak play and take advantage of weaker players because I know that I can fold for five orbits and not be forced into a marginal situation. In a cash game I will push every edge to the max. I'll put a buy-in on the line as a 3-2 favorite. But I won't do that nessicarily in a tournament, I'll wait for a better spot. That's my take.