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DD,
1. tell me everything you know (or at least all the important stuff) about table and seat selection. this part of my game has been totally neglected until now so i'm taking action.
2. Thank you so much for playing this
hand against Josh. it really opened my eyes regarding thinking ahead and on another level during play.
bbbushu
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1) Obviously the looser the better, but a game can be good if you can get the best seat on the worst player, and a game can be bad if you are stuck in the worst seat, even if there is a bad player or two. You want the fish on your immediate right and preferably the tightest or most passive player on your left. Bisonbison made a great post back in the day about this subject, maybe someone can find it in the archives.
If you play shorthanded, when I play 3 handed I think I am unique in that I want the fish on my left and the other good player on my right. This is because I would rather have position on the good player in blind battles and let the fish have position when I am in a blind battle with him. Also, the fish will play his SB worse when you are on the button so there is extra value in it.
2) Wow its funny seeing that old hand. Now that I read it it strikes me as not worth posting, rather boring actually. I guess that is a good sign, it shows I make plays like that naturally now but at the time it was something I found creative. I have learned a ton by playing with other good players and discussing with them after. We used to have a bunch of 2+2 tables and the very best ones were shorthanded at stakes that people had a bit of fear to lose at.
-DeathDonkey