A question about table selection?

[limodude]

I have just moved over to the 1/2 6-max about 3 weeks ago. Does anyone pay to much attention to the table VPIP like we have been told to do at the full tables. I know I have heard that the VPIP should be a minimum of 30 at a full ring game and closer to 40. What about at the 6-max game? Or does it matter. And any other help at table selection would be very helpful. Thanks in advance. And by the way, I love the short handed games alot better. Thanks for all the posts.

[zephed56]

Honestly, table selection won't be as big a factor in your success at this level. The ratio of tourists to talent is about 10:1. I just open a random table.

You'll find a few regular TAGs (not many), so I'd just avoid tables with them because you can usually be the only tight player at a table. Lots of loose passives, and usually 1 LAG per table.

So just avoid those regulars.

[Alobar]

at this level it doesnt really matter. All the tables are full of horrible players. The only way table selection comes into play is looking for REALLY horrible players.

[RunDownHouse]

Agreed. I just started back at the 1/2 6 max after taking a break in mid-December, and there are STILL a few of the regular grinders hanging out at the games. Its easy enough to recognize and avoid them.

[ucfryan]

I've been playing $1/$2 6-max for a month and a half, and have only run into two or three of 2+2rs (zeph being one). There are so many bad players it's extremely hard to find a table that isn't profitable.

[Scotch78]

Is it necessary? No, but it will still increase your win rate. At 6max a good table is more about being to the left of a chump than about the table as a whole though.

Scott

[helpmeout]

You want to look for guys with high VPIP and high Went To Showdown stats.

[Fiddler]

I just sit down at a table with 4 or 5 people and an average pot of 5BB or so. Players jump in and out so often that I'm not sure it is worth the time to look for more.