Poker 'Shark'

A 'shark' at the card table is a very good and aggressive player who preys on the weaker players at the table. This type of player will generally win money, which is usually their primary objective. They are more attentive, taking notice of the things that pass the average Joe without a blink.

This skilled player will look for easy opposition - often referred to unsurprisingly as their aquariums and win their chips. In terms of match up - it's pretty much a foregone conclusion over a distance. Whilst the weaker player will be more focused on the cards they are getting, the shark will be eyes on, whether they're in a hand or not. It's not much of a match up!

Poker uses a range of animals to describe the skill set of a player. A shark we know however there is also the donkey, 'donk' who is a bad player. Fish are the weak player who the sharks feed off of and the eagle (in Play Poker like the Pros) according to Phil Hellmuth is the master of all, soaring high.

A shark wouldn't be eaten by a fish and the same goes in poker. These card room predators will seldom be dominated and are very much considered a top player.

 
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