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#2
12-16-2005, 01:54 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
You want to sit to the right of too tight, too weak players that don't defend their blinds properly. That way you can steal their blinds all day long.
You want to sit to the left of LAGs and Fishes. This way you can 3-bet isolate the LAGs and raise isolate the fishes. 
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12-16-2005, 02:03 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
There are many kinds of bad opponents, so you arn't looking for a specific one. I think the 30-40 VPIPers are potentially the most dangerous, so I wouldn't really be looking for them (although the passive 30-40 VPIPers are fine). I generally like to have at least 2 50+ VPIPers at the table, and if I can find a 70+ VPIPer, that is great. Agressive and passive opponents are both good, but I think I prefer the passives. Tight/passive blinds are the best though.
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#4
12-16-2005, 02:06 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
I'm starting to believe more and more that there are many many 25/17/2 players I would rather have at my tables than some 45/15/1.5 players I have seen. I think there's a TON of ridiculously bad postflop players with taggish stats. and postflop is where the money is.
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#5
12-16-2005, 02:10 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
On a sort of metaphysical level, once you have developed a playing style and statistical profile that you believe is "best" for your game, then you're simply looking for anyone who plays substantially different from you. By definition, they have to be making mistakes.
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#6
12-16-2005, 04:38 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
When I'm looking for weak opponents I usually look mostly at VPIP. 40 is pretty bad, but at party 3/6 you can do much much better. I usually try to sit to the left of someone who is VPIP of 70+, agressive or passive doesn't really matter I'll be making tons of money off them either way. If the guy on my immediate right has a VPIP less than 50 or if the average VPIP of the table is below 35 I usually get up and look for a better seat.
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#7
12-16-2005, 04:51 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
I think it's most important to learn to identify what type a given player is while you're playing, rather than hunt for PT-type stats that are based on less than a few hundred hands.
If you do can do that, and realize you're sitting in a bad spot, then switch tables. Maybe this doesn't apply if you data-mine. I find that to be too much of pain to bother. I also find I play better without HUDs ... mostly because I pay more attention.
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#9
12-16-2005, 05:32 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
I agree with gildwulf... The looser the better!
I have also noticed when you have a maniac at the table everyone else tends to play looser even when the maniac is not involved.
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#10
12-16-2005, 05:37 PM
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Re: What should I look for in my opponents?
I just look to sit to the right of a 50+ guys. Preferably one who has a high PFR.
people often cold call a raise... but a raise and a re-raise makes them think twice even if they are brainless fish(who dont have AA/KK/QQ [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). Ill repeat it again... MONEY FLOWS CLOCKWISE.
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