My Poker Perspective on Feeding the Fish

So here is my poker perspective on feeding the fish. Nobody wants to do it so the Poker Goddess has devised a clever plan where all the good poker players feed the fish now and then. This is a good thing. What??!!!

Yes, I’ll say it again – feeding the fish is a good thing!

I should explain before you report this seemingly errant thinking to my therapist.  The fact is that most of the fish would swim away if they always lost when the odds were against them and they made a ridiculous play. Either that or they would go buy some books and learn to play a better game. I’m not sure I would have survived the guppy stage if I always lost the pots. I won just enough to keep  me interested in the game. And now look at me.

I’m one of the enlightened poker enthusiasts who bitches about the fish! I tell ya, I wouldn’t have made it here without being fed now and then.

So, the next time you find yourself losing to a fish just remember you’re doing your part to fatten them up so they can be eaten another day.  Just don’t feed them too much or else they may become bloated.

Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 13:49