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    I've never really thought about this, guess I just haven't had the need. Sure there have been regulars at my tables but I've never changed a table because of that, at least I've never noticed a significant difference in my winrate with or without regulars. Then last night I join an empty/near-empty table like I always do (to get my favorite seat lol), minimize the window and do other stuff waiting for the game to start. When it did, lo and behold, 5 regulars on my table. This in itself is necessarily not a bad thing, since there are plenty of bad regulars at party, but this time no less than 4 of them were the ones who frequent the top of the monthly tournament leaderboards. I carried on with my regular game, a few levels later we're down to 6 players, all regulars. I ended up the bubble boy. This of course is an extreme example, but it got me thinking about table selection in general, should I pay more attention to it? It's not quite the same as with ring games, and sharkscope not supporting party sngs doesn't help either. Do you guys ever change tables if there are regulars there, or what do you do?
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    You dont get the chance on stars, they fill up so quick...youve just clicked the comfirm payment button and your tables starting already lol

    They struggle to fill up at all on ub so you cant be picky about who you play...
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    Regulars are not all good by any means but I check the lobbies on stars to avoid playing people I recognize as much as possible. If I am in a game with more then 1-2 Regulars I think my game selection needs work and I would think that work could only help my winrate. There was a big party sng thread on 2+2 that I read today saying the games are mostly regs past a certain level post ban. Your a very skilled player but maybe thinking about playing at more then one site to maximize fish hunting on off peak times is an idea. Also did the party leader-board not just get taken down?

    I would guess at your level the good players have what about 2o% of the prize pool to fight for there roi and playing with 4-5 regulars ( that are semi-solid or better) is obv going to hurt this quite a bit.

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    P.S. where do you think the weakest place for a Canadian to play 10-30 dollar STT's would be. Only really 4-6 table so can be most any site.
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    I've also noticed a distinct difference between peak and off-peak times, or rather weekdays and weekends. Might be worth considering moving down levels or going somewhere else during the week.
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    yes table selection is vital once you start playing higher stakes. If 5+ regs are already in a sng i wont play that one, but when you multi table a ton its hard to do. Also the best times to play are weekends and non peak weekdays, but they dont fill up nearly as fast.
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    I changed from the 13$ 6-handed to the 13$ 6-handed turbo to avoid all those rounders and its really much easier there ...

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    Once you've played a few hundred games at the level you're at you pretty much figure out who the good regulars are. Helpfully, many of them have the same SN on Stars as 2+2.

    The other thing to note is that not all regulars are winning. There are some players at the $27s that I'll actively target since I know they've lost $20K++ and their bad play is SO predictable that it's easy to take their chips should you get the opportunity.
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    I've started watching a bit where I sit. A must is to have a solid regular on your left who won't call your all-ins with Q2o, and a donk on your right who instead of stealing your blinds folds with 2.5BB left. Highly recommended.
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    Assuming relatively low buy-ins (I only have experience up through $27 buy-in level), table selection is not very important. You don't want to be at a table with a bunch of regs, but even being with 4 or 5 solid, winning players isn't terrible. With 9x buy-in getting paid out and just under 1x buy-in going to the house, you only need a couple complete donks to be profitable (assuming the regs are all the same skill level as you). Of course, the fewer good players at the table, the better your ROI...

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