I like playing against fish (ie those who are less fishy than I am!!!!) and seem to do well in NL cash games at 1/2 or 2/4 with one or two fish on the table.

The time I struggle is when I am on a table with three, four or even five fish. When I get a big pair I drop the hammer - sometimes I get paid and sometimes I don't. But I'll also raise to around 4xbb with holdings such as AQ or AJ suited (i usually play on 6 player tables) and very often I'll have two, three or four callers. The more I play the more I realise that such fish will call pre-flop raises with very weak hands, e.g. any two suited cards, or 4 5 offsuit, or K rag, Q rag etc. The trouble is that when the board comes ragged and I miss there is every chance that at least one of the fish has hit a low pair and bang goes the money I've raised with.

I will bluff having raised the pot against one or two opponents, but I know there is little chance of getting three or more to fold so I'll give it up. But even aginst one opponent who has bottom pair I might come off worst as he won't give it up when faced with a decent bet. This is great when I do hit the flop, but I tend to miss more often tahn hit.

So what I tend to do is hurry off to another table. I suppose I have an advantage over each fish indivdually, but the combined strength of three or four is too much!

Is there a technique that I am missing?