Game selection is one of the easiest tactics to win in poker. Quite paradoxically, it’s still probably the most underrated skills among online poker players, similarly to bankroll management. By game selection we are referring to the tables and stakes you choose to play within a chosen poker format. Here’s a typical situation that comes up in game selection. Let’s say you fire up the poker client and see there are multiple tough tables with mostly winning regulars running at some specific stakes like No-Limit Texas Hold’em with blinds of $1/2. Suddenly at the same stakes you can see one table that is truly amazing: Three beginners are limping pretty much every hand, and two weak-tight players are trying to take their money by flopping the nuts. This is a dream table with bad players, and you should immediately grab the seat before someone else does! Most players will miss this table though, since they just click a few tables open and don’t bother to keep an eye on the lobby. Don’t be that lazy player!

A great way to find the best tables as quickly as possible is to mark all players you encounter with a tag. This way you can keep track of skills levels of your opponents at different online poker sites. A simple system of three colors can do well, with one for good, players, one for weak regulars and one for the clueless fun players.