Table selection or starting tables

So there is always discussion about table selection and it's importance to ones winrate. You have to find a table preferrably with several fish at it. You need to be able to seat yourself idealy at said table with the fish and the regs in the correct spot so as to make the table ideal for you. How does one go about this?

Well you can go to the lobby and sort tables then take a spot on the waiting list. Then you wait patiently for the little window to pop up tellng you your seat is waiting for you. Now you have a problem. Couple most likely. You see you've been waiting for an ungodly amount of time for this seat to become available so you could have your chance to rape the fish. Well now you're really not sure if that fish is still there and what are the odds that the person who had the ideal seat next to the fish got tired of taking all the fishes money and stepped away from the seat. Not very good are they.

Well an alternative is to start your own table. Again you go in to the lobby scroll all the way down past all those fishy tables and take a seat at an empty table. Pick your seat it's easy they are all empty. Then you wait. Now you are obviously giving up a lot of control. You don't get to pick who is at the table or where they sit. The theory is that fish will just come along and have a seat where ever they find one. Maybe they aren't as intimidated by there only being one or two players at the table I'm not really sure but I do know there is some truth to this.

Now once somebody comes along and has a seat suddenly you are off to a whole new game that you very well may not be familiar with. You are now Heads Up atleast for a hand or two and sometimes for quite awhile. So the purpose of starting this thread is to get some opinions on starting tables and also to start a good conversation in general about starting tables and hu play.

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