Anyway, let’s cut to the chase.  Here’s what I do for game selection.

The standard strategy for me is to just open up 3 or 4 tables.  It’s really like fishing (pun intended).  You wait around a while and hope to snag a big one.  The regulars know who I am and we tend to avoid each other.  If someone sits down with me, I automatically assume he’s a fish.  I’m right about 95% of the time.

If I’m not getting any action, I start hunting around for a table.  Here’s what I do in FullTilt:

1. Open up a table
2. Look up the player on PokerTableRatings.com

3.  If he hasn’t played very many hands (a few thousand or less) or has a negative winrate, I label them with a blue color-coded marker.  I’ll know in the future that I should play this guy.

4. If he’s played extensively (tens of thousands of hands) and has a mediocre winrate, I give him a purple color-coded marker.  I’ll play him if there’s no one else around.
5. If he’s played a lot and has a high winrate, I’ll give him a red marker and try to avoid playing him.
6. In the future, instead of opening up each individual table, I can just scroll down FullTilt main window and see by the color-coding who I should be playing.

7. The longer you table select this way, the easier it gets.  There’s less and less new people to categorize and eventually you’ll just be able to sign in, scroll down, and see blue, purple, and red markers next to almost every player at your stakes.

Have any table selection strategies of your own?  I’d love to hear them.  Post a comment!