I'm fairly new to poker - I've been playing about 10 months now, and I consider myself a decent player. (As in, I know how to lay traps, and I'm aware of many different styles, being tight/aggressive myself) I play low/micro stakes (0.10 or 0.25) NL, and I'm in clear profit since starting. I got bored of my current client (BetFred, the same iPoker network as Fair Poker), because I found the games weren't that easy. They certainly improved my game, but I was making very little profit. Having seen the Pacific Poker review on here, I decided to migrate, and give it a go.

I was amazed by the extreme fishiness of the play, and I immediately made profit. (Having the nuts called down by Ace high and the like)
But, as time went on, I found myself losing more and more. A friend who also played Pacific found this happening as well - he'd win a good amount at the $1 tables, btu lose horribly at the 0.10 tables. Why was this? Why couldn't we beat a table full of measly stupid fish? I worked it out, and it was because it was impossible to throw fish off a hand. I'd raise to 10x (Yes, 10x) preflop with KK, and still have 5 callers. I'd hit a set with two red Tens, on a flop of 10s, 6s, 2h, bet hugely to block the flush draw, and still get taken out by gutbusters, runner-runner draws, and terrible flush draws. I'd hit top pair off the flop, bet twice the pot, and get beaten by the river by someone who'd called with overcards.

This happened so regularly, that I left with much less profit than I had at the start.

I'm now on Fair Poker, enjoying the beatable, but challenging games.

I tried everything that the poker books I've read, all the advice I got, I tried it all with the fish, and they still won.

I just wanted to share this with you, and share the fact that there ARE times when the fish can beat a decent player.

Please add opinions and relevant experiences.

Cheers.