Quote Originally Posted by settecba
just one question:
i feel very uncomfortable with a maniac to my left, but is the correct action to leave the table? why not really tighten up and wait for a monster to get his stack?
because he will fuck with you while you wait, increasing your variance AND disallowing you to capitalize on the rest of the table while you slow play a hand you shouldn't only to give him more free cards to punish you with since you decided to c/r TP.

Quote Originally Posted by bigstock2001
However i also feel it is very important to be able to adjust your style to the type of players,
true. but, at microstakes, the greatest convenience to playing online is that we do NOT have to do this if we practice table selection well.....and, per this article, know when to leave. its not like we have to drive 30 minutes down the road to the next casino. we just click our mouse two or three times, and, presto, we are on a completely different table.....one that probably presents an even bigger edge over the competition.

hence, THIS...
Quote Originally Posted by davenOUT
2) even if you have an edge at this particular table, you will end up paying too much attention to this one table and this reduces the attention you are paying to the other tables. Small increase in edge on one table + small decrease in edge on multiple tables = overall decrease in edge.
-cheers, daven....good post.

chopperOUT