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 Pokers most important decision, Roy Cooke, 20. Aug 2003 08:19 | ||
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| The most important decision you can make in poker is the game which you select to play. Select a game based on the texture, the quality of your opponents and the limit. If you make a good decision on that front it will make up a lot of ground on other fronts. Texture: Passive games are best. Many players go to the games with the largest pots....Often the reason they have the largest pots is because there is a lot of pre-flop raising....That lowers the value of many hands (suited hands...small pairs..ect) and makes them not profitably playable...... You will get a better combination of volume wagered and edge in passive rather than aggressive games. Also in passive games players are MUCH more likely to give you free cards! Quality of opponents: Look for bad players...The spread in ability between yourself and your opponents is where you attain your edge. Bad players are not just loose players (some loose players play well) but players that have poor strategies. Limit: The game limit you chose should be a function of the equation of the amount of money you can bet against the edge you can expect to receive.....All other things being equal you should play the higher limit if you can afford it....That said often the long term expectation is higher in a smaller game if the higher limit game is tougher. Life is Good :-) Roy Cooke | ||
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| Re: Pokers most important decision, Guru, 20. Aug 2003 09:25 | ||
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| Roy, Great post, as always. I've really added a lot of profit to my game lately as I really started to understand how to choose soft games. When looking for a table at UB, I look at tables with a lot of pre-flop callers (expressed as % to see flop) and medium sized pots. That means you get a lot of callers to see the flop (making a decent sized pot to start) with little pre-flop raising and a few post flop calling stations. I want at least 50% seeing the flop in low limit games. You have to watch for the suckouts, but the pay rate for these games can be substantial proportional to the limits. Guru | ||
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| Re: Pokers most important decision, e-babes, 20. Aug 2003 10:09 | ||
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| Roy: I think we are entering the "age of enlightenment" for Poker. Lot of newbies at the brick and mortar sites and a lot of new people playing on the internet. Probably more so on the web. $50.00 has lasted my 3 months at Planet Poker and I've built the bankroll up and have played in quite a few tournaments. Maybe it lasts longer on the web because of game selection. I have a lot less patience at the B&M. You sit on a bus for 2.5 hours from NYC to AC, and all you want to do is play. But that's no way to emerge a winner. Thanks for the advice. E-Babes. | ||
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| Re: Pokers most important decision, Flatout_Mainiac, 20. Aug 2003 11:33 | ||
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| In a post yesterday I back into the realization that more experienced players new all along. Table choice is critical to my long term success at poker. Before last night I would sit at the first table that was available when I clicked on "Join Table List". I would never leave that table unless it broke down to less than 4 players. I just assumed if I was going to be any good at poker I better learn to beat all table types. But, I think I've realized that good plays choose their "battlefield" wisely. I have only one night of being 'table texture aware" and I can annouce that it was a great success!!!! I found a very passive-weak table and sat to the right of only solid player at the table and I did very well (the solid player and I quickly doubled our initial buy-ins). As weaks left the table became more aggressive and I had the awareness to leave and search out a new weak table. Thanks for the insight. Question: Does anyone know what sample size party uses to calculate average pot size? When does a table "officially" change from on texture to the another? Or does it just change when a certain style dominates play? | ||
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| Re: Pokers most important decision, PairTheBoard, 21. Aug 2003 11:56 | ||
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| Good question. I've been wondering the same thing. My guess is they average something like the last half dozen pots. I suspect that many times the PP average pot size is an annomally though, caused by an unusually large pot, or just a table with a recent run of hot cards for several players. By the time I get into a large average pot game it has often either changed makeup with new players, or reverted to its normal tighter play. It's a good first indicator. But then I look for things like: 1. Lots of limpers preflop. 2. Lots of hands shown at the river. 3. 3 way action at the river. 4. Hands like J5 shown at the river. 5. One player on tilt -playing every hand and betting every bet. Just one player like this can loosen up the whole table. Be careful after he leaves though. 6. Preflop raises being cold called by several players. If I start to see a lot of folds all the way around before the flop, or a lot a preflop raises going heads up, it's time to get on another waiting list. Also, if people start to sit out or seats go empty, get on another list. It's ok to play a littlle short handed for a while. But the people playing Q10 six or seven handed are no longer such good profit centers for me. And I never want to be the last person putting in a blind before a table breakup. | ||
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