Looking for Help with Table Selection

[sthief09]

some people have pointed out to me the importance of table selection. right now, I just join the waiting list for tables with 6 or more players (to avoid getting put in a 6 max table). I've noticed a striking difference at 5/10 from table to table, so I'd really appreciate any tips any of you might have on finding a good table, especially at 5/10.

- How do you maintain your buddy list? How does someone become special enough to end up on your list?
- Do you use the Average $/pot column? to be honest, I never use that
- Do you look for one very loose player or a few soft spots
- Do you bother to avoid the solid players, or just find the poor players?
- Do you have any other tactics

any tips on how to find better tables would be much appreciated

[Tosh]

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- How do you maintain your buddy list? How does someone become special enough to end up on your list?

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I don't.

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- Do you use the Average $/pot column? to be honest, I never use that

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Yep, if its >5BBs; I'm happy enough.

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- Do you look for one very loose player or a few soft spots


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Neither really.

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- Do you bother to avoid the solid players, or just find the poor players?

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Neither.

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- Do you have any other tactics

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No.


As you can see not something I pay much attention to, long as the average pot size isn't too small the table will do.

[DataMiner]

My comments apply only to 3/6:

1. VP$IP > 40% = Insta-Buddy
2. Meh. I never sat down at a 3/6 table that had an average less than $25. But...there are better ways to tell that a table isn't so soft.
3. Few soft > One Loose, imo.
4. I find it's hard to always avoid the solid players. Each table usually has at least one good player. I just try to keep the moneybags on my right or across the table.
5. Prayer.

[will36]

I base my selection at low limit almost exclusively on the % of those whom cold call raises.

[sthief09]

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I base my selection at low limit almost exclusively on the % of those whom cold call raises.

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yeah CC% is an important stat but how do I apply that to online table selection?

[mprhino]

Just a quick question on PT, how do you find the cold call % for players. thanks

[sthief09]

How reliable is the $/pot stat? Does anyone know how it's calculated? Is it an average of the last hour or something? I've always thought that, with such a high turnover rate, an average of the last hour would be way off

[Tosh]

It changes pretty damn quickly, so I reckon it might be something like last 10 hands.

[J.R.]

last 20 hands, and it includes uncalled bets in the calculations

[prayformojo]

How reliable is the pot size stat at party and its skins? Considering that it sometimes takes five minutes for my name to show up on a waiting list, I have trouble counting on the promptness of the software.

That said, I usually just go for the bigger pot sizes as well. My table selection tends to run more along the lines of natural selection. I get four tables, see how they play for about twenty minutes, import to pokertracker, and see how the stats look. The game time window picture, along with a personal sense of how my opponents play, tells me whether I should stick around or get the hell out of Dodge.