DAVE SCHARF’S PLAYER CLASSIFICATION

Dave Scharf, an amateur poker player from Canada who has played at the World Series of Poker, has come up with an interesting way of classifying poker players in his book, Winning at Poker, Essential Hints and Tips. This is sure to help you win more and more customized poker chips. He classifies poker players into one of six categories:

1. The Screaming Fish
2. The Over Value Tuna
3. The Rock
4. The Deep Sea Bass
5. The Maniac
6. The Fox

We shall be looking at each of these in turn. If you are vigilant enough when you next play poker, whether online or for real, you will win more and more customized poker chips by following this classification and playing your poker gambling game accordingly.

1. The Screaming Fish

This is the worst poker player out there on the poker circuit. You could classify this person as a beginner and you should be clasping your hands with glee if an S-fish sits down at your poker table because you know you can win loads of customized poker chips from them. They do not understand pooker hand value much and will call re-raise after re-raise with bottom pair on the flop. See how easy it is to get customized poker chips from them! They also have no ability to consider what poker hand you have, they can only concentrate on what they are holding. Yet another reason why you should be winning hundreds of customized poker chips off this sort of poker player. They will keep calling with their customized poker chips, surprised when you beat them at the showdown. You should be prepared to drag as many customized poker chips from these players as you can!

They will call with almost anything and will chase anything with as many customized poker chips as you choose to gamble. If they have started to chase something after the flop, you will never bluff them out as they are usually going to call until the showdown (no matter how many customized poker chips you bet).

These players tend to be passive and will usually call raises rather than raising customized poker chips. If ever they raise customized poker chips, back off because they will probably have aces or kings (otherwise they won’t raise). Generally, you can be slightly more liberal in the cards you play against a screaming fish.