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I appreciate the kind words from everyone, thanks guys.

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What are your favorite sites for rakeback?

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My favourite site for rakeback is raketherake.com. I've gotten rakeback through them at several poker rooms over a couple of years without a single problem, and they have very friendly customer service.


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What tools do you use to to check your oponits play and what do you look for?

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I think the best thing to do is to always make a note when you come across a very loose player who plays too many starting hands and goes too far with them. They are an enormous source of chips [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Always be on the lookout for these players, and make use of the buddy list, as most sites provide them.

Another tip, and I can't believe I forgot to mention this in the OP, is to periodically go into your Poker Tracker database, and filter for fish. When I played on Party (with their excellent buddy list feature), I did a lot of datamining, and once a week I would filter my database for players with:

- over ~50 hands played
- VP$IP over 50%

I would then enter this entire list of players into my buddy list, and instantly I would have another 50-100 fish to chase down on the tables. At the beginning of every session, I would run through my buddy list, get on the waiting list for every good table, and then take the 3 or 4 best seats (ie. directly on the left of the fish for isolation) and play. This little routine tacked at LEAST 2bb/100 onto my winrate, and probably a lot more. Take a look at your current site's software for anything you can take advantage of to improve your earnings.