Hi A Train,

As you get higher up in limits you need to spend some time searching for the better tables. A while back I would just jump on the top money average tables but you need to do more than this. It seems to me that the games at the small limits (2-4, 3-6) have tightened up tremendously recently so it is not only important to select good tables but good positions at the tables if possible. I have found one way to have sort of a seat change option and that is to get on the waiting list for a good table on two or three different party skins so when people leave and I need to change I can if the seat is desirable and I am next on the list at the other skin.

I only have my recent dbase (ca. 17K) to give you my numbers with regard to went to showdown and won$SD and VIP.
VIP: 12.97%
WSD: 38.12%
W$SD: 53.44%

Hope that helps some.

Okay, I have been running bad and would like some PREFLOP feedback.....just thought I would throw out the following...as always, I am guessing that there can be more than one way to go but was wondering what generally YOU do with the following hands assuming the opponents are not maniacs and are not rocks.....

ATs middle position, first in??? is this a limping hand? folding hand? raise?

KQo cutoff, 2 limpers, trash hand??

JTs button...how many limpers needed to call??

99 in small blind, all fold, button limps? raise here?
99 in small blind, all fold, button raises? raise again?

ATs, automatic raise.

KQo cutoff, limp or raise, depending on how tight the blinds are and how loose the limpers are.

JTs on the button, depends how much action your opponents will give you post flop if you hit it well, and also how much they will charge you if you flop a draw. Also depends on their position. If they are early position limpers you gotta respect their hands more than if they open limped in middle or late position. I'll say 3+ limpers.

Raise.

Re-Raise.

Thanks Xas.!!

I will move further questions to a separate thread....

If a raise comes in front of me I will likely reraise all of those hands with the exception of AQ which depending on the player that raises in front I may raise, call or fold.

I'm fairly new to online poker, and play only Texas Hold 'Em. This thread has been a great help to me but I still must be doing something wrong. Even when using these preflop strategies I am losing money. Every time. Well, almost every time. I rarely finish a session with more than I started with. I don't think that losing money is the goal here, even playing very low limits to learn the ropes, so where do I go next?