{"id":2535176,"date":"2024-09-18T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2535176"},"modified":"2024-09-29T12:17:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T12:17:18","slug":"bum-hunting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/bum-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Bum Hunting \u2013 Learn What Is Bum Hunting in Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In poker, bum hunting is a practice of targeting weak, usually recreational players, often following them around to sit in games with these players and significantly increasing one\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/edge\/\" title=\"Edge Definition \u2013 Learn What Is an Edge in Poker\">edge<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/win-rate\/\" title=\"Win Rate Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Win Rate in Poker\">win rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This practice is much more common in online poker, where certain <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/grinder\/\" title=\"Grinder Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Grinder in Poker\">grinders<\/a> have detailed lists and databases of weak players. Once they see these players log into a poker website, they\u2019ll follow them around and join their tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, there will be a recreational player who plays a loose and passive style like <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/fish\/\" title=\"Fish Definition \u2013 Learn What Is a Fish in Poker\">fish<\/a>, making him an easy target. Bum hunters will make it a point to track this player and whenever he sits down to play, they\u2019ll join the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bum hunting is generally frowned upon as it makes recreational players reluctant to join the games. They (rightly) feel like they\u2019re being targeted, which significantly reduces the enjoyment they get from playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/\">All Poker Terms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/tournament-masterclass\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png\" alt=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png 1176w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-746x143.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" width=\"1176\" height=\"226\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In poker, bum hunting is a practice of targeting weak, usually recreational players, often following them around to sit in games with these players and significantly increasing one\u2019s edge and win rate. This practice is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"parent":2532079,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2535176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"author_image":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tadas Peckaitis","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/tadas-peckaitisgmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In poker, bum hunting is a practice of targeting weak, usually recreational players, often following them around to sit in games with these players and significantly increasing one\u2019s edge and win rate. 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