Table Selection How-To

[gaboo]

Hello all,

I'm just getting back into poker after a year long break, and the scope of the tools and quality of the games has changed drastically. Table selection has become (I believe) both easier to analyze and more important.

How do you players (I currently play small stakes online) exercise table selection? I'll start off with a few leading questions, but I understand that I may not be asking the right ones, so please feel free to chime in with anything:

Criteria Oriented:
1. What V$IP% do you look for in a table?
2. What Preflop-raise% do you look for in a table?
3. What other stats/tell-tale signs do you look for in a table? Avg pot size? Specific fish?

Process Oriented:
1. How do you go about finding a table that matches your criteria? Do you use playerview? Spectate games? Join games and then evaluate as you play? Follow specific fish?

2. How do you quickly do the above? It's important to be able to quickly evaluate the quality of a table, especially for multi-tablers at small stakes, where the quality of the game can change quickly.

3. What are some signs you look for when evaluating if the game you're in is no longer good?

Thanks for your time!

gaboo