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I know the common wisdom is not to chase away fish but I think I’m creating a positive EV with this. It throws them off their game. They can turn a very predictable game into one of huge variance due to their aggressive playing and constant bluffing. Sure, you can make money off these guys but if you give me a choice between making an easy 3BB per hour or the possibility of making 10BB in one hour but I also might lose 10BB in that same hour, I’m going to pick the safe 3BB. Also, they tend to be hit-and-run types of players anyway so by the time you start adjusting to them and make them pay a few times they’re up and gone to another table.
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Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
