Do you prefer 9-max NL or 6-max and why?
I used to always be partial to 9-max because that's what I cut my teeth on in live games and home games when I started playing 23 years ago. But over the last couple of years, I have really enjoyed the 6-max tables as well. I like the faster paced action and to me it feels a little more like poker was meant to be. When you see poker in the old westerns, you don't see 9 or 10 cowboys around a poker table. You'd see 4-6 players around a table in the saloon, and as silly as it might seem, I just feel like that's the way poker was meant to be. I still will play a full ring game when I go out to the casinos, but I just really think 6-max is a much purer form of the game.
So if given the choice, are you going 9-max or 6-max online?
Before you go to the world of 6-max tables, you need to hone your 9-max game skills. Once you have mastered the basics of this game, you can move on to the short tables. When playing on short tables, correct aggression is important, based on a large number of poker factors – time, the ability to correctly guess the range, etc.6max NL holdem, I think its easier to adjust AND get more value from your opponents