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Along the lines of Rory's post, what kind of players are you all putting in your buddy list?

I put a lot of loose-passive players in my list because they are generally easy to play against. If they bet or raise you, you know to get out. If you have a hand, they will pay you off everytime. However, they can be annoying if they are to your left and play like the sponge described in Rory's thread.

I don't necessarily put LAGs in my list - I'll gladly play them whenever I find them, but true maniacs bust out fast and the slightly better LAGs are super-frustrating to play when they get cards and you don't.

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anyone with a very high v$ip + wtsd %

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very loose passives, 60-70 vpip pfr 5%, also dont want them to try and bluff the pot, nice check and call types,

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my buddy list is populated by nothing but huge LAGs and Maniacs.

Putting loose passives in is just a waste of time in my opinion, there are far far far to many of them, and every table usually has 1 or 2 anyway, no need to go searching for them.

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Anyone with a VP$IP/PFR/AF of 55+/6-/1- over at least 100 hands automatically makes the list (they compose about 5% of the players in my datamine). After that I individually add players who are especially predictable or that show ultra-extreme behavior (i.e. an AF in double digits or someone who only bets as a bluff).

Scott