% to the flop or size of the pot

[dink]

Just thinking as I am playing PP,
when selecting a table don't worry about stake size what do people think is more important the % to the flop or the average size of the pot. I look for a full game to give me the best odds but what do other people think.

on another note (bonuses) do many people play at intercasino, the software seems pretty good and they give away $30 every month as long as you play 200 hands, sounds pretty good to me

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[lorinda]

I think previous discussions on this seemed to draw the time honoure "It Depends".

Any av pot of 6BB or bigger is not a bad game, but if this is coupled with not many people seeing the flop, it is probably a very aggressive game, and could imply strong players.

% seeing the flop of 40+ certainly means there are fishies swimming around somewhere on the table, but you will need to get visual confirmation, as it could be a table that has just started and filled, which leads to numbers in this field being higher than they should be.

You should try to gauge the game from both numbers taken as a whole.

In no-limit play, I look for the pot size however, as it often means people are overbetting their hand if it is large.

Lori

[dink]

excuse my Aussie ignorance but what is
6BB
you spoke of in your message

thanks
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[lorinda]

I always use it for Big Bets...(I don't read enough of the other forums to know if this is standard, so i should have clarified)

for a 1/2 game the BB would be 2

Lori

[Legenda]

do you use BB in NL games as double the big blind as standard?

LG in UK

[zooey]

Flop % and Pot size are both good measures, but they change pretty quickly. What you want to be looking for is bad players and what kind of mistakes they are dependably making.

My advice is to not get distracted by finding the "best" table. Find a good one, hunker down, and CONCENTRATE. Download the histories and go over them with full attention when not in a hand, and make notes. Your opponents are each making a different collection of mistakes, and your job is change your style depending on who's in the hand with you to let them make the mistakes they are comfotable making. IMO, This kind of focus will get you involved in the game and make you a better player, while surfing about looking for the perfect game at the perfect site won't.

Sorry if I sound pompous, but this is from experience. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Best,

zooey

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi dink:

At a full table, the number of people seeing the flop is most important. Big pots do not necessarily mean good games if the pot size is created by a fair amount of raising.

In short handed games this could actually reverse. That's because folding too much can become an extremely costly error when a game starts with only a small number of people.

Best wishes,
Masn

[GrannyMae]

Best wishes,
Masn

Hi Masn,

2+2 has a signature file that will assure your name is spellet correctly each time.

We ask that all Pooh-Bahs use this feature so the rest of us don't look like idiuts.

Had you attunded the last meeting, you would have known this.

Thanks in advance for your cooperashun.

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Bass Wisses,

[jek187]

This post was definitely funny chit.

However, here's my theory why he doesn't use the sig file. It's cause when he has to reprimand someone (I'm guessing here in the Zoo more often than the other forums) he doesn't like to use the "best wishes" ending. He just types Mason. Of course, giving an example of this could be a little difficult since most of the times I've seen this, the whole thread has later came down. Not normally a pretty situation. I really hope I'm right and not just imagining things.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Jek187:

Actually I like to sign some of those posts with MM.

Best wishes,
Mason