stormswa
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Stefanicov
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Silver Level
Tammy
Can I help you?
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Actually, they were referring to deucessuck, who has since been band for a pletora of crap posts in record time.
HartAttack3
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ok seriously though, how does everyone play in 6 handed tourneys? I dont play them because I dont like 6 handed, doesnt feel like it fits my style, but I would like to see how everyone plays and if they think its easier, harder, or what
reglardave
Legend
Silver Level
Dom't know that it's easier/harder, but it certainly is a different game than full 0 player tables. You must loosen your starting hand requirements, 'cause the blinds come around a lot oftener, to me that's the main difference. In many ways, that makes selective aggression much more a part of the strategy; I like mid pps against an "action" board much better shorthanded, 'cause theres seldom more than 2 other hands in the pot at any time, as opposed to 9 seaters where you so often see 6-7 limpers in a pot.
reglardave
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Oops! MY bad, that's Poochmasterflex. I'm slighty dyxlexic at times. Some nights I lie awake pondering the meaning of file, and whether or not there's a dog.
titans4ever
Legend
Silver Level
I play alot of tournaments where 8 is max at the tables so I get to play alot of 6 and 5 handed games so this is in my comfort zone. I have also found that I do alot better at these than at the 9 or 10 player 1 table SnGs. Here is some of what I do.
Six handed tournaments:
- I play and see alot of flops in late position.
- I defend my blinds alittle more often than normal.
- Continuation bets are a must, especially on harmless flops.
- Raise or fold preflop. No real reason to just call, a raise alot of times will win the blinds.
- Don't be afraid to reraise w/ just top pair. You will get alot of people betting to see if you hit a flop and try to steal pots from you.
- Patience is a key. I notice that some people lose interest in these and then make a stupid play that you can take advantage of. You would be amazed at some of the bad bubble play in these. You can have 500 left and the two big stacks will fight it out. As long as you still have chips you can come back. I have won several tables after falling below 500 in chips.
- Shortstacked is not a death sentence in these. It is suprising how many people just give up on these if they lose some money early or get down. You are playing against a smaller table so the odds of going against a great starting hand when going all-in is not as high. You can push and not get called as often but if you do it every hand eventually you will get called.
Six handed tournaments:
- I play and see alot of flops in late position.
- I defend my blinds alittle more often than normal.
- Continuation bets are a must, especially on harmless flops.
- Raise or fold preflop. No real reason to just call, a raise alot of times will win the blinds.
- Don't be afraid to reraise w/ just top pair. You will get alot of people betting to see if you hit a flop and try to steal pots from you.
- Patience is a key. I notice that some people lose interest in these and then make a stupid play that you can take advantage of. You would be amazed at some of the bad bubble play in these. You can have 500 left and the two big stacks will fight it out. As long as you still have chips you can come back. I have won several tables after falling below 500 in chips.
- Shortstacked is not a death sentence in these. It is suprising how many people just give up on these if they lose some money early or get down. You are playing against a smaller table so the odds of going against a great starting hand when going all-in is not as high. You can push and not get called as often but if you do it every hand eventually you will get called.
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gord962
Legend
Silver Level
I play almost only short handed SNGs lately. I too find that the with a little patience you can be VERY successful at these. I can't argue with what T4E said - I find the info is right on the mark. One thing I would like to add is that if you can set yourself up for a tight, strong image, re steals are VERY easy later in the game.
titans4ever
Legend
Silver Level
I don't know about table image but I will alway try to steal early on when it is cheap to see how hard the people defend their blinds. If I know early that it will work, I will back off and start again when the blinds are higher and you make more money at it.
That is part of the reason I defend my blinds alittle more. It will project the image that you cannot steal my blinds later because I defend them.
mrsnake3695
I'm confused
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Actually, they were referring to deucessuck, who has since been band for a pletora of crap posts in record time.
I will miss him so much.
Wait, I don't think I've ever read a post from him. Damn Mods you make me miss the best stuff.
Can the mods start a thread compiling posts that got people banned? Now that would be fun reading.
OOps I think this is a hijack.
Stefanicov
Legend
Silver Level
My strategy is to sit tight early and as soon as the blinds increase start to play vvvv agressivly. I only play turbos which is why u cant fish around early because being shortstacked is a major problem. Low m play against fish is so easy to win at because if they too tight fish u run over em if they too loose fish u just call em with big hands and u find out which is which by watching them fish around early.
Simple strategy but it works in turbos
Simple strategy but it works in turbos
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joeeagles
Legend
Silver Level
This is an area that has given me alot of problems, but I'm slowly improving in it, finally realizing what I was doing wrong. I now actually do many of the things mentioned by titans, particularly blind defending against active PF players and seeing more flops in LP.
If I can add 1 thing to it, its that I think its extremely important shorthanded to watch carefully other opponents, much more than in full tables (where its also important of course), because in shorthanded ones PF and flop patterns emerge more frequently due to the aggressive nature of these games and some of the players in it. This helps you greatly, and when correctly done it allows you to do some trick plays, such as making a PF raiser fold by reraising him with 63o which is, to me, one of the greatest feelings in NLHE.
If I can add 1 thing to it, its that I think its extremely important shorthanded to watch carefully other opponents, much more than in full tables (where its also important of course), because in shorthanded ones PF and flop patterns emerge more frequently due to the aggressive nature of these games and some of the players in it. This helps you greatly, and when correctly done it allows you to do some trick plays, such as making a PF raiser fold by reraising him with 63o which is, to me, one of the greatest feelings in NLHE.