OK

So im in the PStars $10 Freeroll, playing good ABC poker and really catch any hands i could do anything with other than treading water.

Good TAG style and we get down from 50 to 11 handed

I am seriously short stacked, like 2.8k vs 10k everywhere.

I hit TT in middle position so i come in for a small raise which gets called, fairly sure i am up against calling hands

So the board comes with a Q as the only paint

Late position checks to me

I have a decision to make here, the Blinds are at 200, shortly increasing and my 12-15BB stack is going to seriously become reduced.

I decide to go All in, the chances of me being beat are there, Qx or AA, KK, JJ but i saw a spot and i took it.

I got shut down by a Queen and thats life (the player in question had QJo, why he was in the hand even on a limp is probably down to the stack sizes more than anything)

OK, so getting beat - thats fine



What I dont appreciate is the FISH calls from the table because I went All in against the overpair.
Sure, it wasnt the best action but it wasnt as if i was making this move with a heavy stack. I was short stack, had barely over 10BB and was soon going to have to pick my shove spot anyway so thought that was a nice gamble.

The fact is that im not a fish. I play good poker and each player at that table saw me play with top hands and nice tight play.

I don't appreciate the riddicule and since this is essentially a community where we are the ones that play these freerolls, the people I am speaking about could even be reading this post.

Even if they aren't, the point has to be made... Table abuse that is both inaccurate and rude is just not needed.

Yes, the fish that goes All in with 72 or calls your feeding bets through a minefield of overcards with his pair of 2s, lucks out on the river to make his set meanwhile your high hand gets cracked because to put him on such a fish hand is impossible to predict.

Donkeys, fishes (fish?) are in the game... sure. But if you notice a TAG player, doing his best to get ahead and ends up short stacked with very low BB/stack ratio, if he takes a gamble and it doesnt pay off, its not a fish play. Its not nice, its not ideal but its not a fish play.

The size of your stack has a serious effect on what hands you go in on and what risks you take.
Anyone that has placed often and well in Hyper Turbos knows what i mean


All i can imagine is that the people in question (i wont name names) were either being rude for the sake of it or they didn't see the poker behind the move, either way I expected more from a smaller nit group of freerollers.

Sure, the Bankroll Mob FR, fish city and if i suck out or even get abused i can take it but i expected more from you guys


For shame!