Hi guys,

Today I want to talk about something that can’t be stressed enough: game selection. This is maybe the single most important skill for online poker players that want to become truly successful.
You can be one of the top players in the world, but if you only play against other top players that are equally good as you or even better, you will have a really hard time making any money. But you can also be a pretty average online player, but be very good at selecting the right tables and therefore make a lot of money. What games to chose is hard to say in general. Personally I like really loose and aggressive games with huge pots, but the backside of these kinds of games is that you will have huge swings. You should only play in games like this if you and your bankroll can handle the swings. In general it is good to look for games with a high percentage seeing the flop. What game that suits you depend on how you play. For aggressive players a tight, passive game can be perfect, you can steal a lot of small pots and easily back down when someone else shows strength. If you use the tips on this site and play a solid tight, aggressive game you will do fine in a bit looser games, preferably with players that are more on the passive side.

My best tip is to keep track of the players on your favorite poker site. Make notes about the ones that frequently play at you level and add the bad ones to your buddy list. To learn to choose which table you play at with care will improve your results more than you might imagine.

This article about betting patterns will help you improve your table selection skills.