Description of Table Selection Tools

What do I Get?

Table-selection software is designed to help players find the most profitable tables out of the hundreds available online. Not only will you see which tables are open, you will know which players are already seated, table numbers and so on. But perhaps the best information provided includes stats on individual players. This allows you to identify tables where there are plenty of “fish” or too many “sharks.” Think of how much better your chances would be if you knew that the table you choose is populated by players who have less experience or aren’t consistently successful!

The best of these programs work with the top data-mining and analysis tools, and indicate players’ ratings by color code. You should be able to customize your reports in some manner and ask for stakes, tournament or table structure, limits and so on.

A few of the table-rating programs have free versions or trial versions that will allow you to assess the software and decide if you want to pay for the full service. In some free versions you can get as many as 10 searches to help you find certain tables and specific players.

Keep in mind that the best of these programs work in real time, so you can check out current table status before buying in. Look for comparisons of long-term win/loss numbers on specific players. Software programs should assign an overall rating for each table. For example, if a table has a “low” rating you should have a better chance at success than at other tables.

Be sure to look for programs that work with the major online rooms and the recognized poker networks.

Most amateur players miss one crucial step when they decide to play a little poker. They don’t look at the table and the players before taking their seat. In most cases these amateurs just figure they will “pay their money and take their chances.” It may be a bit more difficult to choose tables carefully in a live casino, especially if the place is busy and the manager sends you to the only seat open at the time.

But you don’t have to take what is available when you’re playing poker online. You can choose a table that will give you the best chance of winning. How? By using one of the solid table selector programs being offered at reasonable prices. Sometimes there is table-selection help available without charge. That’s FREE!

What is Table Selection?

The idea behind this type of software is to find the best table for you. That means you should look for a table at which you have the best chance of winning (think profit). In addition to choosing the type of game and the table limits you should search for the basics like how many players stay in for the flop and so on. With all of these as search criteria you are more prepared to win than you were before.

With this type of software you base your decisions on the table ranking. For example, you might find some tables are very tight while others are just considered tight. There will also be category for loose tables. In most cases you will see this information in both words and in color code, which is a great help for players of all levels.

Taking the idea of table selection a little further, some of the best programs also provide buddy lists and criteria for individual players. In addition to knowing about the overall style at a particular table you can also find out which opponents are involved in current games.

For instance, if you have information that shows a couple of players at a particular table are “sharks” who have given you a lot of problems in the past you can just avoid that table and sit down against a few “fish” somewhere else. When you are shopping for the right table-selection tool, the price will be somewhere between $50 and $100 for the better programs. Most companies allow you to pay by the month as well.