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what YOU look for when choosing the most profitable cash games

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  1. tmac2424 tmac2424 is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:01am)

    What do you cash game players look for when you're choosing a game online at your level. Im mostly a tournament player, but I do play in cash games sometimes. The main things I look for when deciding which table im gunna play at is I look for a relatively high flop % and large average pot. Do you guys look for anything else/different things?? thx
  2. Cmoney3 Cmoney3 is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:04am) in reply to tmac2424

    follow me around late at night after ive busted all my MTTs

    should be pretty profitable for most ppl
  3. WiserPenny WiserPenny is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:05am) in reply to tmac2424

    that.. and if i know anyone specific at the table... alot of times you'll see someone you know is a total idiot

    but for the most part if i take the time to select a table its flop % and pot size

    usually its "which one has a seat open"
  4. tmac456 tmac456 is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:05am) in reply to WiserPenny

    imposter
  5. northstar575 northstar575 is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:18am) in reply to tmac2424

    I assume you are tracking players (i.e. datamining) you pretty much don;t have business playing cash games if you don't.

    I look for several things when looking for a six max game

    Find at least 1 player who is seeing over 30% of the flops preferably at least two.
    Find a player who has more than a 7 point descrepancy between flops seen and raises

    Avoid sitting at table with more than 3-4 grinders (even if you can beat them will cut back on profits).
    Avoid sitting at table with short stacks (unless I see they are really bad)

    Additional good things
    -low agression (easier for you to control pots therfpre you decide when to play a big pot nt him)
    -high fold to flop bet
    -low showdowns won (you need lots of hands though with someone to make this meaninful)

    There are many others but those seem to help me the most
  6. Bawsten Bawsten is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 2:28am) in reply to tmac2424

    Donks obviously
  7. Dokuro Dokuro is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 3:07am) in reply to tmac2424

    usually, it's a good idea to figure out who's a bad player/tilting when playing the SnGs, keep track of their names and see if they're sitting at the cash tables.
  8. darkcheck_ darkcheck_ is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 3:08am) in reply to tmac2424

    i keep list of people that i know are donks/have a high vpip and just search them
     
  9. Matixboiy Matixboiy is offline

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    Sep 17th, 2007 (9/17/2007 3:37am) in reply to darkcheck_

    Im pretty new to online cash games but how do you track players(i.e. Datamining)? Is there programs to make this easier or do you just keep a list of all the bad players that you play with?
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