Transitioning from FR to 6 max

I dont know about other sites but on Party, it seems that every table above 2nl in the micros that is active when I play is 6max only. ABC poker works well in FR but apparently 6max is a different game. I know you need to be more loose aggressive and that TPGK is sometimes good in 6 max when it might not be so for FR.

I know that the transition from FR to 6max is not going to be smooth but I think Im going to have to learn how to if Im going to continue to rise through the micros so I was wondering what articles or books I should read to get better at 6max and the differences between FR to 6max. Is ABC poker still enough? Since there is greater variance on 6max, do players need a bigger roll to survive the variance?

It isn't that different. Ranges will be a little wider, but not massively so be careful not to over-adjust.

ABC will work up to 10NL but you will prob need to play more aggressively than at FR by blind stealing, 3betting, barreling and bluffing in the right spots.

Maybe need a bigger roll. I like to have >30 buy-ins before moving up.

I dread the day that I am forced to play 6max

I've played about 1000 hands on it maximum. Can't say I care for it much.

I would recommend to play some HU, to get some more aggression skills

Same game really, just without the 3 seats you're used to at the start of FR tables. Dont do anything different would be the best advice, the button is still the button, you just get it 1/6 instead of 1/9, people tend to stack of a bit lighter in bvb situations and are a tad more aggressive post flop, but yeah the worst thing you could do would be trying to play differently because everyone says omg 6max is crazy or something.

Enjoy less fish traitor.

acky you know I love the FR. Honest. I was thinking of moving up to 4nl and the only open tables I saw were 6max. I looked even higher in 10nl and 25 nl and they pretty much split down to 6max and heads up. Maybe I play at the wrong times but this is crazy, especially since at 2nl, there is only FR.

Don't bother adjusting your game at the micros, the only difference is the player base. Opening your range will happen naturally as you hit the btn and co more often.

6 max is hugely different. It's not the same game at all. Positional battles such as CO vs. BTN, BTN vs. blinds, BvB create an entirely different dynamic.

acky100 said:

Same game really

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baudib1 said:

6 max is hugely different

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ClubArrow77, I had the same problem on stars.fr, there are simply too few FR games running to make it possible to grind there. You've probably just got to move over to where the action is, and if that's 6max then so be it.

I did say people stacked off a bit lighter sometimes bvb etc, definitely not everyone. And even in FR at the higher stakes people are going to be stacking off just as light really. So like i said 6max games might be a tad more aggressive earlier on. Like 50nl 6max might be standard to stack JJ btv vs blinds, which isn't true for FR.

**** 6max!

So with all this aggro 6max play, I'm guessing that if someone can suss it out, there is more profit at 6max than FR?

It seems that the pros at 6max make more money per session than pros on FR but regs on FR average a higher win rate than regs on 6max. Also, I think there are more regs on 6max. I guess one good thing is I dont have to feel too down since I wont have to be folding AJo UTG in 6max that much.

FR is more profitable imo. Unless you're nanonoko or whatever.

There are more regs.

Folding AJo in 6max is just like folding AJo in MP at FR, there are definitely times you should do it, just like there are times you should open ATo UTG at FR.

**** 6MAX!!!!

acky100 said:

**** 6MAX!!!!

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**** = "I <3" btw

I've just been sticking to ABC so I;ve tried to not raise too many marginal hands UTG (maybe JTs or 98s to widen my range) since raising AJo UTG has been a leak for me. I only see raising as acceptable if the table is full of nits though and we are looking to take down the blinds.

acky100 said:

**** 6MAX!!!!

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QFMFT!

KNUCKLEHEADS!

Lol. I knew it was you who just wanted to see the flop!!!

I'd move to 6m if I had the time to work on my game and if I had the mental game to handle the swings, as it happens, i dont!

WVHillbilly said:

QFMFT!

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what does that mean :/

I'm too old for this sh1t

Quoted for Mutha ****in Truth!

Like it...but don't like it

WVHillbilly said:

Lol. I knew it was you who just wanted to see the flop!!!

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Post of the month.

acky100 said:

I did say people stacked off a bit lighter sometimes bvb etc, definitely not everyone. And even in FR at the higher stakes people are going to be stacking off just as light really. So like i said 6max games might be a tad more aggressive earlier on. Like 50nl 6max might be standard to stack JJ btv vs blinds, which isn't true for FR.

**** 6max!

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it's not just pre. Bet-folding QQ on 7-high rainbow flops is just totally ghey but must be done at FR cuz those ****ing nits always have it.

I can attest to the above post. Even more so with Zoom. Queens are good for betting 3 streets of value only when in position. Makes me sad