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Old 08-08-2007, 07:37 AM
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Default How to pick an online table for ring games?

Wondering if anyone uses programs like spade eye or sixth sense to pick a table?

Also do you look at player stack sizes compared to max buy-in, flop %, average pot size, hands/hour?

I'm not sure what to look for so I just try to pick a full table that is not full of people with 1/2 the max buyin.
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:40 AM
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I look for a high avg. pot size, and check back once or twice after I've been playing for 30 minutes to make sure it's staying active
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Old 08-08-2007, 10:55 AM
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Here's what I do:

- On UB you can datamine with PT, so I do that alot and will generally just pick tables where I have lots of stats and can identify the fish
- Failing that, I look for anyone I have a note on
- Failing that, go for a high average pot (1/2 full buyin+ is a good number) and a high players to flop % (50+ is fisheriffic)

Beware that some sites don't update the table stats often so it can be quite misleading sometimes.

EDIT: I always want a table of full stacks, shorties really annoy me.
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i look for highest pot + highest player to flop , lot of fishies swimming
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high % to the flop is the most important stat for me....i also use smart buddy to help locate my favorite fishies
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I look for a high avg. pot size, and check back once or twice after I've been playing for 30 minutes to make sure it's staying active
You shouldn't need to check back. After 30 mins playing at a table you should have a better idea of whether you are in a +EV game than 2 stats in lobby can give you. If you can't see at least 1-2 donks leave table.
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any table taht has big stacks more or less.

ppl on 2+2 say 6th sense is pretty sweet.
kind of gay to pay though.
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- Failing that, go for a high average pot (1/2 full buyin+ is a good number) and a high players to flop % (50+ is fisheriffic)
1/2 full buy in average pot? What the fuck? I find tables with 1/5 full buy in hard to find!
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avg pot > 5bb's

players/flop > 50%

ongame has plenty of both and the table stats can be seen when u click on each table in the lobby so its pretty easy to find those kinda games
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1/2 full buy in average pot? What the fuck? I find tables with 1/5 full buy in hard to find!
Well spotted, typo. 1/4 tends to be about average on UB these days, so anything above that is just lovely.
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