LSB - Module 5 - Game selection Flashcards
Why is game selection important for my win rate?
We make money in poker by playing against people who are worse than us (it’s a zero sum game).
Name a few game selection mistakes
-Playing in zoom games where I can’t game select at all
-Playing in a high rake environment where better rake is available elsewhere
-Selecting a bad seat on a table where a better seat is available
Game selection can be the difference between staying in 50NL for a year and blasting through it in 3 months!
What are the game selection elements?
-Site selection
-Stake selection
-Time of day selection
-Table lineup selection
-Seat position selection
What elements are important in site selection?
-Rake
-Percentage of whales
-Table cap
-Rakeback offerings
Rakeback offerings attract regs - so it’s actually bad.
How should I think about stake selection?
Don’t think about myself as a X-limit player - this makes me blind to opportunities of making more money in different limits. For example, maybe I can make more money in 50NL even if I’m a winner in 100NL.
-Be flexible with the stakes I play.
What’s the idea behind “time of day” selection?
There are certain times of the day that I can reach a higher win rate (less regs more whales).
In global pools, the majority of the competition are European regulars,so the best time to play at those pools are when it’s night at europe, 4-5am european time.
What’s table lineup selection?
Assessing what’s the skill level of the players at the table relative to mine.
Ideally, I want to have as many fish and as many weak regs as possible
What’s the most important metric when assessing how good the table lineup is?
VPIP stat of the recs- the more the rec is playing, the more the table will be profitable for me.
Why is seat selection important and where do I want to sit?
With the same table lineup, my win rate can be much higher in one seat versus another seat. I want to be in position to the fish - “The Jesus seat” :D If I play in position to the whale I’ll make much more money compared to playing OOP to the whale.
What should I do when I can’t manually select a seat? (Some poker platforms don’t allow it)
Open many tables and close the ones in which my position relative to the fish is bad or the fish is tight. Keep opening tables until I find 6-8 tables with a good fish in a good relative position.
What’s the definition of a whale?
50% VPIP or more,While the most profitable seat is to his direct left (in position to him), it’s profitable to play on a table with a whale from any seat (15bb/100 IP, 7bb/100 OOP to the whale).
Other than a whale, what other type of fish do I make money from? What’s his stats?
The 40-50 VPIP fish , it’s still profitable to play on his table,especially IP.
What’s an acceptable table for low stakes?
-Any seat with a table containing a whale
-Any table/seat with a 40-50 fish
-Sit to the EXACT RIGHT of a 30-40 fish
Other circumstances are not as profitable.
