That catalyst is the fish that the game is built around.
If you are really lucky you will have more than one, but even just one really bad player will naturally bring other fish to the table because he makes them feel like sharks.
Poker skill is infinite you see, and hence always relative.
If you are the house all you have to focus on is bringing fish to the table and you will prosper. And of course protect them from bad behavior of the sharks, but that goes without saying. In good games the shark take care of that bit themselves.
Give People a Reason to Play
It’s just like a nightclub. Sure the guys buy the drinks, but with no women the club would be empty pretty soon.
You need the girls to attract the guys who pay for the drinks.
Bring the girls, and the rest will take care of it self. It’s really that simple.
Yes you need to create ambiance with the décor and a great DJ, and yes you need to have good personel and bouncers, and all the other stuff that is mandatory when it comes to running a successful business.
But without the girls, forget about it.
Who Wants to Go to a Nightclub That's All Dudes?
Who wants to go to a nightclub where thousands of young boys from Eastern Europe are occupying the whole dance floor? I will try to find the poker star in me somewhere else thank you very much. So will everybody else who wants a good time.
Sure you can bring in John Travolta or Viktor Blom to do a solo show on the dance floor to make the club cooler, but sooner or later the crowd wants to dance themselves. With girls.
I remember playing at private clubs in the 90s. When a real fish found its way there the game really got going and could go on for months, or as long as the money lasted for the fish.
All the great fishes have one thing in common – a lot of cash. Sure there are fishes that have inherit money, or have successful businesses, but they always have a problem getting cash in the rate they are losing it.
The Best Fish Have Money, Don't Mind Losing It
The greatest fish all made a lot of cash outside of poker so they didn’t mind losing it all because they were having fun, and there was more cash coming in at the same rate.
The good fishes had a pizza or kebab place where everybody made small purchases in cash or they were selling fruit or candy from a vendor.
Even better fishes are the ones doing something illegal. A bank robber or a fraudster can really get a game going with all cash he can’t put into the big system and instead get our system going.
Who do you think order bottle service and Nebuchadnezzar-size champagne bottles? People who made cash easy, that’s who. People who think that more money is coming. Like criminals, or tax evaders, or poker players.
Don’t you ever fool yourself that your poker winnings are not tainted with blood.
All Fish Love PLO
One of the best fishes ever at the club Kortoxen was an entrepreneur who had a successful nightclub. There was a lot of cash in his pockets every night, and usually a lot less every morning.
Like all other fishes he loved PLO. We called him Bjorn Backdoor because he always bluffed when he had a double backdoor flushdraw on the flop. That was also the reason why he always 3-Bet preflop when he was double suited.
We liked that behavior and tried to encourage him even more by giving him the nickname to remind him how to play.
The best fish ever at Kortoxen was a heroin smuggler. He always had an abundance of cash, and since he got high on his own supply the game lasted for days.
It was paradise… until he went away for eight years.
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