Plug small leaks and get better at poker (very tl;dr worthy)

[Bona]

Sir. Would you expand as much as you are willing to on table selection and seat selection. What to look for? Is pot size more relevant than VPIP etc? Do you continue to shop for tables and move to better ones while you are playing? What are your minimum standards for playing at a table? What about seat selection? Do you wait for the right seat to open up? Or do you move when a better seat opens? It seems the moving option is often closedbecause of waiting lines and the same is true when you start a a table. What are your minimum standards for staying at a table? The fact that you multi table will probably make the mechanics of this a little different from those of us who 1 table but the fact that your win rate is 2+ times mine tells me I need to learn something here. The more detail on your seat and table selection criteria and processes the better.

[McNeese72]

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Sir. Would you expand as much as you are willing to on table selection and seat selection. What to look for? Is pot size more relevant than VPIP etc? Do you continue to shop for tables and move to better ones while you are playing? What are your minimum standards for playing at a table? What about seat selection? Do you wait for the right seat to open up? Or do you move when a better seat opens? It seems the moving option is often closedbecause of waiting lines and the same is true when you start a a table. What are your minimum standards for staying at a table? The fact that you multi table will probably make the mechanics of this a little different from those of us who 1 table but the fact that your win rate is 2+ times mine tells me I need to learn something here. The more detail on your seat and table selection criteria and processes the better.

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Yes, please expand on the above.

Especially getting the right seats. With the waiting lines sometimes seen, how do you get the right seat? I hate when I end up with the TAGs to the right of me and LAGs to the left.

Do you constantly table shop while playing? Do you move down limits whenever needed to find good tables and seats?

Doc

[OziBattler]

My table selection is a bit of everything like stuff you guys mention. Its not the main reason Im winning but dont underestimate the significance it can have on the bottom line. Nothing I do is earth shattering but there are logistics that get in the way of it at times (Eg wait lists)

Rather than comment too much here...I can think about doing some sort of new post on table selection Ozi style. I'd also like to take some time to search for table selection threads....and if anyone wants to do this before I do then go right ahead and post them here.

ozi

edit: by the powers vested in me Im in ma thread posting tha link to the table/seat selection post now that ive actually written it. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[Befolder]

Great time to bring this back to the surface Ozi. It had some nuggets I really needed to hear as I've been running + playing ugly for a couple months, worse than I can ever remember.

Hopefully, it will at least knock me to my senses and get me to fold my UI OCs a bit earlier than I have been lately.

I've been too much of a showdown monkey in HU pots I think. Players are not making plays at me as much as I think they are.

[OziBattler]

Bona, Ive given it some thought and I think there could be value in me writing a new post to discuss my thoughts on table and seat selection.... last night I had the brilliant idea of taking screenshots of actual tables and discussing what seats are good etc

Then I had what I think is an even better idea which is to make one or two videos with audio where I show open tables, PAHUD displaying stats and me talking about where i would want to sit and why. I would either do this on stars (because I have played there alot lately) or on full titlt (because I could datamine for an hour then have stats on everyone). I could do even do both. Is this a good idea? Im off to the shops to pickup a mic today.

Unfortunately doing all this will take quite some time to prepare and write up but I think Ill have a crack at it.

Im also going to try and find some good previous posts/articles on seat selection to link to but if anyone happens to have any then please post here or PM me. mkay thx.

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Do you constantly table shop while playing? Do you move down limits whenever needed to find good tables and seats?

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Ill briefly comment on this...Yes, I table shop. I get myself on lists of tables that look decent and if I get a 'we reserved u a seat' popup I check out the table if if it looks good Ill then see if any of my other tables suck....if they do Ill close a sucky one and sit at the new one.

FWIW I sort my stars lobby by Plrs/Pot and then look at potsizes. When I sit for a session I usually play one limit for the entire session unless the tables get really bad...like 18/10 bad and not a fish in sight.

[Bilgefisher]

Aussie,
Youve been on this forum longer and progressed farther, but it is not by chance, it is by becoming a true student of the game. Nice reply, it is not a brag, but mere facts. Keep it up. I hope you feel the need to make a few more posts like these.