Poker Tonight

🐟 and how Go Fish might be a good training tool

Hello Poker Friends,

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📆 Tonight (June 10th) at 7pm (pacific)
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💬 We’re hanging on Zoom here
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While staying with my brother and his family, I’ve been studying for tonight’s game. My niece is too young for poker, but we played an absolutely brutal game of Go Fish.

I might be overthinking it…

While I tied for last place with only two sets, I also think Go Fish is a good poker training game. You have to remember who asked for what, which sharpens recall and is a useful skill in poker for tracking folded hands and betting patterns. It’s an introduction to player behavior and pattern recognition, watching for who is asking for what cards, where those cards move between players, and deducing which cards are left in the deck. Of course you are trying to read your opponents and understand what they are and aren’t asking for. Bluffing is minimal is Go Fish, but there can be a fair amount of misdirection. Watch out, because I’m bringing a lot of Go Fish energy to the table tonight.

-Mike