6 handed or 10 handed, which and why?

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which do you prefer and why?

Personally I like 6 hand, it allows a wider range. And you get to play more hands. Pot sizes seem high as well.
 
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No preference. Full ring, 6-max, short-handed: it's all good. Though I often prefer short-handed play, especially when the other players fail to adjust to the new, short handed conditions.
 
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No preference. Full ring, 6-max, short-handed: it's all good. Though I often prefer short-handed play, especially when the other players fail to adjust to the new, short handed conditions.

new conditions being able to play suited connectors more freely?
 
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new conditions being able to play suited connectors more freely?
New conditions meaning having to play more and hands and more marginal spots.

As a rule of thumb, the less people you have at the table, the more profitable it is to play if you have a skill edge. This is because with less people it's more frequently correct for you to play, the situations everyone gets involved in are more marginal and complex, and there are more chances for your opponents to make mistakes (and whenever Villain makes a mistake and you don't, or you make a lesser one, you profit).

Taken to its full logical extent, this of course means the most profitable format to play is heads-up cash, which is what I primarily play.

Of course if you don't have a skill edge, the less people you have around the easier it is for you to get crushed. :p
 
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New conditions meaning having to play more and hands and more marginal spots.

As a rule of thumb, the less people you have at the table, the more profitable it is to play if you have a skill edge. This is because with less people it's more frequently correct for you to play, the situations everyone gets involved in are more marginal and complex, and there are more chances for your opponents to make mistakes (and whenever Villain makes a mistake and you don't, or you make a lesser one, you profit).

Taken to its full logical extent, this of course means the most profitable format to play is heads-up cash, which is what I primarily play.

Of course if you don't have a skill edge, the less people you have around the easier it is for you to get crushed. :p

Yeah I tried heads up, but the villains at the lower levels shove nearly every hand pre flop
 
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For SSNL I'd say FR is definitely easier.
6max is funner and probably a better way to learn.

As you go up stakes 6max becomes the better option as fewer FR games run.
 
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6-max - full ring is too much of a nitfest, especially online.
 
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Yeah I tried heads up, but the villains at the lower levels shove nearly every hand pre flop
That's ****ing fantastic for you. Just wait for a pair 8 or higher, call shove, and punch them in the dick for being retards.
 
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I used to say FR. But 6max is so awesome. Go for it if you are anywhere beyond a complete novice. It's a far better teacher than FR
 
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Just wait for a pair 8 or higher, call shove, and punch them in the dick for being retards.

That's not how you would adjust to a player shoving nearly every hand pre-flop.
 
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That's not how you would adjust to a player shoving nearly every hand pre-flop.
Why not? You'll draw one every 27 hands and it crushes his range (which averages at T7o) so you'll usually collect Villain's stack for the cost for about 18bb (or 36 if you're the shortstack)
 
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I prefer full ring. I like having the luxury to fold more marginal hands and wait for the goods.
 
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Why not? You'll draw one every 27 hands and it crushes his range (which averages at T7o) so you'll usually collect Villain's stack for the cost for about 18bb (or 36 if you're the shortstack)

Because you would make more money stacking off with a wider range.
 
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Id agree with the 6 Max you learn more as well as play more. You learn how to play the nits as well as the LAGs. once u learn 6 max it's easier to transition back to FR if needed. Than you have a better idea of how SH or HU will be. HU is my biggest trouble. I did better at it when I didn't know how to play NLHE.
 
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6max 6max 6max 6max. I used to play FR until I was sick of waiting and waiting to give a bad beat or give a cooler to someone to win a decent pot. 6max has more and bigger swings and it requires more skill but if you study hard you will have good results.
 
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HU HU HU HU. I used to play 6m until I was sick of waiting and waiting to give a bad beat or give a cooler to someone to win a decent pot. HU has more and bigger swings and it requires more skill but if you study hard you will have good results.
 
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HU HU HU HU. I used to play 6m until I was sick of waiting and waiting to give a bad beat or give a cooler to someone to win a decent pot. HU has more and bigger swings and it requires more skill but if you study hard you will have good results.
This x1billion.

Also, don't play HU with anyone better than you if you're playing to make money. I just made 2 buy-ins vs fish then dumped them into what I assumed was a lagtard but is probably a laggy reg. :mad: Oh well, at least now I know to avoid the guy in the future.
 
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This x1billion.

Also, don't play HU with anyone better than you if you're playing to make money. I just made 2 buy-ins vs fish then dumped them into what I assumed was a lagtard but is probably a laggy reg. :mad: Oh well, at least now I know to avoid the guy in the future.


Yeah I had ace king suited (not the best hand) but he had queen 8 and he beat me with two pairs on the flop.... this happened twice against him,
 
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I have played hardly any FR, so obv. will say 6 max.

I have run ridiculously good at HU once, but I was drunk and pressing buttons....when I could find the one that worked. However, I dont think that counts.

I cant get my HUD to work at FR in a way so I can see everything, bad eyes. WizziM showed me a way to split the lines, but i cba, so I stuck with 6 max. After 500k hands, I am feeling like I know a decent starting range/position.

Finding my fold button helped.
 
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new conditions being able to play suited connectors more freely?

Failing to understand that it's a new game when half the table clears out. Second to the last session, I ran pretty meh for six hours. Ran card dead, got coolered a couple of times. I must've looked pretty nitty until the table got down to 4-way, 3-way, and 2-way.

None of the others adjusted, playing the same ranges they played when the table was full. I robbed them blind, went for thin value, played hands that would be pure garbage in full ring: acey-deucy-off, K3-off. Played pocket sevens from the button like they were a pair of aces.

If you're only up against one or two other hands, what would be garbage against 7--8 other players become "premiums". Kickers don't figure as often, and marginal hands like Second Button, or even ace-highs, no pair, figure to hold up more frequently.

I would look at the high card strength of hands like 7,6 or 8,6 and so forth with being suited of secondary importance. Flopping a seven just might be enough to win if it's just you and two other players. Even 7,2-off isn't so bad under short handed play.
 
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Id say if you are good at making the adjustments for 6 handed play then that will be your bread and butter but if not when the table get short get out of there!
I tend to shine in tournaments as the table shortens.
 
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FR=TAG
6max=LAG
HU=sharks

That's pretty much all.
 
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