Table Selection Online
What criteria do you use to select a table in an online game?
I've been playing the PokerStars .02/.04 tables, and here's what I look for:
1) An almost full table. I have some idea of how to play short-handed, but until I get a little more experience I'd rather avoid it. So I look for tables with 8 or 9 (preferably 9) players before I sit down.
2) A high percentage of players seeing the flop. PokerStars includes this information in the lobby table list, and I think it's much more valuable than the average pot. I never sit at a table where this number is lower than 50%, and I look for the highest number I can find. At the .02/.04 level that's sometimes over 70%, and often between 60-70%.
With a full table and six or seven players seeing every flop, there are a lot of people making mistakes. My own mistakes are minor by comparison, so I can be profitable in spite of my small errors.
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