Keys to Game Selection

[MathBabe]

That's what I get for not being precise. What do you mean by donkey, anyway? Loose/aggressive? I see people using it to mean anybody who does anything stupid.

I'm not saying that Lee Jones is the expert in everything - that's why I'm here, to learn how to move beyond it. But just so you know where I'm coming from, in Winning Low-Limit Hold'Em he says:

"If there is a player who is very aggressive and raises a lot, you'd generally like to be on his left. That way, you'll see those raises coming before you act and can drop your marginal hands. If you sit to his right, too often you call one bet only to have him raise behind you and now you wish you'd saved the first bet."

and also:

"In general, you'd like to have loose passive players to your left. They behave predictably so you're more willing to have them act after you. You will have an easier time predictig what they'll do, ad will make the right play more often."

I understand wanting to target the person specifically, but I'm having trouble because at .50/$1, I can't isolate a player. It's literally 5% of the time that it's just me and that person in a hand. If I raise, I'll have three callers. Now, a lot of times they are fish too, but if there are four of them, I have to consider that I don't have the best hand.

I can pick some examples from the past few days and post them in the "How did I Play This" thread, if you'd like.