Mods shut down previous thread because OP posted another question in it which I think was decently valid. I'm going to pose the question because I think it is instructive and expands the debate about racially profiling players absent reads.


You walk into your local poker room and they have the following 6 options:

1. single open seat at a table filled with asians men (and women).
2. single open seat at a table filled with MAWGs.
3. single open seat at a table filled with south central asians
4. single open seat at a table filled with middle eastern asians.
5. single open seat at a table filled with Russians.
6. single open seat at a table filled with MAWGs and asians and south central asians and middle eastern asians and Russians.

Assume that the games are all the same buy-in and blinds.
Assume that everyone has the same stack which is max buy-in.
Assume that your cards will be the same at all tables.

Which table do you choose and why?

6 tables, everything the same and only players are different?

Never happened and never will.

If you are trying to beat poker, you are asking wrong questions in this thread.

It probably wouldn't happen outside of the big house but I think this is an interesting thought experiment in table selection. Judging by the views to replies ratio, I'm afraid I may be the only one.

Depends on age. Go for the
Middle aged- old table

Yup, age is many times more relevant to how a player/table can be profiled.

Table 7 with OMC at every seat.

There's Asians in South Central? That. Or the Russians.

Gimme older Persians all day.

What the OP is trying to get at indirectly is based on skin color, who do you think will be the softest player?

Not true but it's your forum.

The table with decent stacks coupled with a heavy dose of chatter. If no chatter, the table with decent stacks & the most players watchin' t.v. I'm sure a xenophobe would turn around & go home.

Not true. It is OUR forum.

BTW...all the answers you seek REALLY are in the previous thread. Time to lock this one too.

Greeks. they love to gamble.

Suprisingly, those older Italian mafia type dudes are decent gamblers. the younger ones, not so much.

This thread has already happened numerous times, and as stated already is pretty much asking the wrong questions about poker. Stereotyping for initial reads is about all this is good for. After the first few rounds your reads should change.

oh and..