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Select is a key factor that influences your profit. The winnings in poker are formed from the losses of other players. If an avarage regular player is playing against you, then you will win against him, but significantly less than against an obviously weak player (fish).
Simply by choosing weaker opponents (table select), you can increase your winnings dramatically. You definitely should not ignore this opportunity.
Another very important element of the game is to understand the rake (commission), which is taken from almost every hand. The average rake is 8bb/100. This means that as soon as you get into the game, you already have a negative winrate due to the rake.
Rake is a commission that an online poker room takes for organizing a game.
Winrate is an indicator of a player's performance, expressed in bb/100, which means the average number of big blinds a player wins for every 100 hands. Do not confuse with $/100, which expresses the average amount of money a player wins for every 100 hands.
In order to "beat" the rake and achieve positive results, you need to win enough money, which will cover the rake first and secondly ensure your winnings.
The stronger players at the table, the more difficult it is to “beat the rake”. The better you "select", the higher your winrate, which means you will be less susceptible to down streaks (the influence of variance), as a result, your results will be more predictable and stable.
Recommendations for finding weak players:
Simply by choosing weaker opponents (table select), you can increase your winnings dramatically. You definitely should not ignore this opportunity.
Another very important element of the game is to understand the rake (commission), which is taken from almost every hand. The average rake is 8bb/100. This means that as soon as you get into the game, you already have a negative winrate due to the rake.
Rake is a commission that an online poker room takes for organizing a game.
Winrate is an indicator of a player's performance, expressed in bb/100, which means the average number of big blinds a player wins for every 100 hands. Do not confuse with $/100, which expresses the average amount of money a player wins for every 100 hands.
In order to "beat" the rake and achieve positive results, you need to win enough money, which will cover the rake first and secondly ensure your winnings.
The stronger players at the table, the more difficult it is to “beat the rake”. The better you "select", the higher your winrate, which means you will be less susceptible to down streaks (the influence of variance), as a result, your results will be more predictable and stable.
Recommendations for finding weak players:
- try to find an obviously weak players (VPIP 60+)
- the more weak players (VPIP 40+) at the table, the higher your winrate will be
- fishes often play with incomplete stacks (less than 100bb)
- fishes are not top up to a certain fixed stack size (for example, when the stack is less than 80bb);
- fishes limp a lot (call bb and do not enter the game with a 2-3bb open raise);
- fishes cold-call a lot preflop, trying to see the maximum number of flops with all kinds of hands;
- fish change the opening sizing depending on the strength of the hand (for example, a fish can open 2bb, and with premium hands open 3.5-4bb);
- fishes don’t like to give up to 3bets (again, they try to see the maximum number of flops);
- try to take a position at the table to the left of the fish (let's say there are two identical tables with the same weak player. If you sit to the left of the fish, your winrate will be higher than if you sit to the right of the fish).
- It is necessary to leave the table when there are no obviously weak players at the table who are willing to share money.
- When the stack is 400-500bb (when playing without the obligatory straddle), then you can also think about leaving the table.
- Get up from the table if there are no players with a VPIP higher than 40% for NLH, 50% for PLO4, 55% for PLO5.
