| Table Selection Part 2 of 6 Table Selection
Picking the right table is just as important as playing the right cards.
At the low limit micro tables, picking up some fast cash with smaller risks yields are greater return. Often players, not just new players, find themselves playing at tables below their skill level, and that is what you should be doing, that is how you make winning sessions. If you play at a table with 1/2 the players better, and half worse then yourself, your chance to win money is the same as losing money....break even. You want to sit down at a table where you are the best player there. It shouldn't be to hard to find one. Join a game room, two or three in fact, and just watch for 5-10mins before sitting down. Already you will be able to pick out a couple of weak players. And those are the players you will exploit when you do sit down.
Just as important, you will see if there are any players who try to play fancy, raising 72o and everyone folds, and they show their cards. Maybe you spot a player who trys to steal blinds. Even better, you find a player who plays any two cards and plays Ace rag to the river.
On the low limit tables, you do want to sit at a loose table, the only time you really want to sit at a tight table, is when its short handed. Ideally you want to be at a loose passive table. Players who do play alot of hands, and do call with draws.
If your playing at an aggressive table, and even worse, a loose aggressive table, your chips will always be at risk on any given hand. Reduces the chances that jeopardizes your bankroll. If your a good player, and know the odds, why sit at a high risk table?
Just remember, you do not need to play every hand with these players, and if you do suffer a bad beat, do not tighten up or loosen up, play the game the way it suppose to be, and you will profit with the proper table selection and hole card selection. If the table becomes wild, sit out for a few hands, with that 1 less player in the pot, maybe they will settledown, or someone may get busted. Then you can return to playing. If the table does not chill out, leave. |