Game Selection

One of the most important ways to be a successful player is playing in the right games. Game selection is the difference between winning all your poker chips and losing them. There is a big difference between walking out a winner or explaining to your wife that your anniversary trip to Rome is going to have to wait a while because daddy lost his bankroll drawing to a three outer. So now that you know how important game selection is, how do you go about choosing the right game? First there are some questions that you need to ask yourself. What type of game do you want to play? No limit, pot limit, strait limit? Are you feeling the need for constant action and excitement, or do you want to grind our a few hundred at the $3/$6 table.

Table selection has much to do with what type of player you are, whether you are tight, loose, super aggressive, or tight aggressive. It is important that you try to observe your table as much as you can in order to make “book” on your competition. If you are playing online this is extremely easy to do. Simply observe the play for a while before sitting down and posting your blinds. If you are a tight player, try and find a poker table that has at least 50% of the players seeing a flop. This means when you hit the nuts, you are almost guaranteed some action. If you are a loose aggressive player, find a table that has low participation in each hand, this way you can use your aggression to bully your way to victory.

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