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    Top 7 Signs you're a TAGFISH

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    Everyone knows today's online games are heavily populated with tight-aggressive players (otherwise known as TAGs). But to go along with these good, money-making TAGs there's a growing number of break-even or slightly losing regulars known as TAGfish. On the surface, it may be hard to distinguish a TAGfish from a winning regular. He buys in full, tops up every hand, has decent enough stats and plays what he thinks is good poker. But he can't seem to win. That's because there's more to poker than having good stats. Poker is a thinking man's game; you can't just imitate what you've read and become some money-printing robot. You have to be able to apply what you've learned and make good decisions each time the action is on you. A TAGfish doesn't. He just plays the same game all day, every day no matter the situation. And he perpetually loses/breaks even, thinking he's the most unlucky player on the face of the earth. These are the signs you're that guy: 1) You think about your opponent's range but never your own Everyone knows you have to try to put your opponent on a range. It's one of the most fundamental skills in poker. But a TAGfish doesn't think about his own range in doing so. An opponent is going to play the hand a few different ways according to what he thinks you have. You'll never be able to accurately put your opponent on a range without first thinking about your own perceived range. 2) You misapply skills you've learned A TAGfish tries to learn to play better poker. He watches videos, read articles and studies the game extensively. But he misapplies the information he's learned. He'll learn that continuation betting and giving up is bad, so he'll just fire every second barrel. He'll learn that to exploit players that c-bet too much you can float the flop and take away the pot on the turn, but he'll float with pure air instead of gutshots or hands with backdoor capabilities. He'll learn that three-betting light is profitable, but he'll do it regardless of his opponent's three-bet calling frequency. And he'll do it with the wrong hands. He only learns half the skills. He knows what to do, but then misapplies when he should be doing it and who he should be doing it against. 3) You call the same range in the cut-off as you do on the button A TAGfish treats the cut-off and the button as the exact same position. If an opponent raises from early position, he'll call in the cut-off with 6♥ 9♥ thinking it's perfectly fine because he'll be playing the pot in position. But that just isn't the case. You've still got one more player to act behind you and if he's any good, he can make your life a living hell. That player can three-bet with impunity whenever you call with your weak, speculative hand, he can call and steal your post-flop position and he can punish you after the flop. Where good TAGs abuse the button, a TAGfish allows himself to be abused by the button. 4) You overestimate your implied odds A TAGfish thinks every time he makes the nuts he's going to win a stack. He thinks if he calls from the blinds with a pocket pair and nails a set, he's going to win an opponent's whole stack every time. So he calls with his speculative hands post-flop, check-folds when he misses and, when he finally makes that huge hand, he makes his opponent fold. He bleeds all his money trying to hit that hand and then when he does hit, he never makes that money back. 5) You have leaks post-flop A TAGfish typically plays fine pre-flop. He has that part of the game solved to a degree. He knows he can't limp Q9o upfront and expect to show a profit. He knows AK needs to be raised for value, etc. But once the flop comes, his mistakes start to compound. Knowing when to fold pre-flop is easy. But knowing when to ditch top pair, bad kicker isn't. Knowing when to double barrel and when to triple barrel is hard. A TAGfish plays his own cards too often and the situation and his opponents not nearly enough. 6) You look at each decision as a separate entity A TAGfish gets caught up in a tough decision and thinks, "Man, this spot sucks. What the hell do I do?" Really, it's not what he just did that put him in that spot; it's what he did earlier in the hand. He doesn't have a plan in mind for the hand. He just acts and figures it out from there. He plays reactive poker instead of proactive poker. 7) You tilt too much A TAGfish doesn't tilt in the true "five-bet ship 58o" sense of the word. But when he's losing, he definitely doesn't play his best. He rushes decisions. He slips into auto pilot. And, worst of all, he plays far too long. A TAGfish loves trying to get unstuck and will play all day trying to get unstuck - all the while playing C-game poker. Yet when he has a winning day, he'll quit early and play small sessions, booking a small win. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If this sounds a lot like you, don't worry. TAGfish syndrome is curable. The answer: concentrate on making the best decision every single time the action is on you and take your time. Sometimes the best possible play won't come to you right away. But if you do your best to think about the benefits of each possible decision, you'll be making more good decisions and less bad ones. If you want to win more money - and stop being a TAGfish - that's exactly where you need to start.

    Black Belt Poker League 7 - complete and write up inc.

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    Re: Black Belt Poker League 7 - complete and write up inc.

    That looks well unlucky Al, im sure you will be back for another crack at the next league and good luck to you, when you are. Well played though, well done :clap
    cheers Ken, i am happy enough tbh,i can hold my own against some serious players on there which does my confidence no end of good :ok

    Black Belt Poker League 7 - complete and write up inc.

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    Re: Black Belt Poker League 7 - complete and Final Write Up inc.

    Tom 'Werrrrd' Drew becomes League Champion as Mark 'SebastianKat' Cooper snaps up Leg 8.

    0x0-0c0t0c0.jpgBink! People cried salt tears when X-Factor drew to a close; they twiddled their thumbs when the final whistle was blown on the World Cup; and they sighed begrudgingly when the November Nine was no more. All good things must come to an end, and so it was with great chagrin that we entered into our final Leg of League VII, an epic eight-week encounter which saw a total of 192 poker fanatics do battle across the virtual felt in a bid to capture the game's most illustrious prize: a Black Belt Poker League title. In the end, only one man could enter the Christmas period with that prestigious honour, and that man was Tom 'Werrrrd' Drew. A Grader and long-time community member, Tom dominated proceedings from as early as Leg 2, only conceding the top spot temporarily to Blue Belt Kevin Williams on Week 5. Heading into the final Leg, however, Tom boasted a commanding lead, and only a slip-up, along with a strong showing from the rest of the pack, would potentially see the sands of victory seep through the palms of his hands. Of course, Tom remained vigilant, and pulled out a 20th place finish to vanquish any doubt. Despite Tom's destined triumph, there was still plenty to play for in Leg 8 as Black Belt Poker completed a hattrick of Academy bonuses thanks to Steve Rigby, who had kindly vacated his ticket in order to deliver one lucky punter an early Christmas present. After fending off 62 other fierce competitors (a credible turnout to say the least), it was Mark 'SebastianKat' Cooper who snapped up the added value, as well as the $100.81 first prize. 1st SebastianKat -- $100.81 2nd S0lution -- $69.30 3rd SurrealKiller -- $42.52 4th Brewski1 -- $31.50 5th ZoeRiZZ0 -- $23.62 6th insider66666 -- $18.90 7th cikarang5 -- $15.75 8th russellhansen -- $12.60 As a result of his fourth place finish, Dean 'Brewski1' Brewer snuck into second in front of Simon 'ourkidsid' Herrick who finished 27th, whilst Kevish47 slipped down to fourth having only managed 44th. As 'Mr. Consistent' Lee '4kingdonktard' Neary held onto sixth place with considerable ease, we had a last-ditch entry into the 'prize zone', former Champion Mark 'russelhansen' Brassington creeping into 10th with yet another final table finish. 1st Werrrrd (640 points) -- Party Package & DeucesCracked Token 2nd Brewski1 (591 points) -- 1,000 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 3rd ourkidsid (571 points) -- 850 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 4th Kevish47 (552 points) -- 750 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 5th losbert40 (549 points) -- 600 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 6th 4kingdonktard (525 points) -- 500 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 7th RedKiteBlackBelt (516 points) -- 400 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 8th UsainZeus88 (512 points) -- 300 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 9th JHobbit1 (489 points) -- 200 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token 10th russellhansen (483 points) -- 100 Belt Points & DeucesCracked Token Of course, the 'one in, one out' rule applied, and the man to be stopped at the door and sent home for wearing trainers was Ian 'mbdnr235' Grieve, his disappointing 58th place finish on the final Leg meaning he, sadly, and as Anne Robinson would say, "goes home with nothing." But poker's a cruel game, and perhaps the lowest blow was in fact dealt to Alan 'tealcSVU' Steer who, despite a solid set of results, and a 17th place finish at the death, bubbled the top 10 just 13 points shy. 11th tealcSVU (17) -- 470 points 12th mbdnr235 (58) -- 469 points =13th blackbeltninja -- 460 points =13th rattersbrfc -- 460 points 15th 300300299 -- 446 points 16th 99Ranny -- 444 points 17th ACarey -- 438 points 18th UKPB -- 432 points 19th 5upern0vae -- 425 points 20th sceaga2 -- 424 points

    Wants to improve cash game

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    Re: Wants to improve cash game post 34 ::: tough one,as you were 1st to act on the river and checked,you showed weakness and gave him the info you were chasing the flush. but if you bet out you are only 50/50 he is going to fold and i dont think he would have done. for me you done the only thing you could.

    Wants to improve cash game

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    Re: Wants to improve cash game

    Just very bad play I guess' date=' should I fold even though I had put an aweful lot into the pot already?[/quote'] not sure on what others would say, but i would fold. then psycholgically turn what i would of lost if i had called,into a win if you know what i mean. what i am trying to say is look after the pennies etc

    ** Poker Diary Weekend 11th-12th December **

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    Re: ** Poker Diary Weekend 1th-12th December **

    I am in now' date=' must have been v bad lag yesterday[/quote'] glad you got me involved now,i havent played V-Roll in god knows how long and finished 7th tonight :D. only bug bear was my exit hand, AA in SB all in called by BB who has 7/7 ...flop is 7/7/? slight overkill :rollin:rollin
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