Great post, I'm glad you made it. I too am in the same shoes as you Mikeisanace777.
My game of choice is 3/6 limit holdem. You need to stop listening to all these idiots talking about this rake crap. These are people who just go by what they hear. I've been playing limit 3/6 with very moderate success. I will be honest though. It is a tough game to be consistently profitable but remember that comes down to the player. I work a full time job and play poker on the side. In 3/6 the pots can easily get up too 50$ or more.
Here are some key concepts i think are most important in 3/6
#1 Always study, study limit hold em or work on your game for 5 hours for every 20 hours you play. I can guarantee you will be a winning player if you did this.
#2 Have a good understanding of position, and pot
odds, these are two very important factors in Limit 3/6
#3 You have to understand that every single bet counts in 3/6, your absolute main thought process well playing 3/6 is too make as least mistakes as possible. In any day/session i will typically average around 30-50$ in mistakes. That is your profit right there. You have to be a very keen and decisive player well playing 3/6
#4 One of the most very important things I can say is always stick to a game plan. Have an exact amount you want to win before you call it a day and if you lose your buy in call it a day. I strongly suggest not buying in 2-3 times in limit you will more then likely not win all that money back in one day it is a slow process. I can almost guarantee you r playing ability will drop after losing your buy in.
#5 3/6 is a game of making small profits on very small edges. Your bets should be mathematicallly correct.
Here are some huge examples of leaks in 3/6 (some that I really need to work on)
Do not every play tired after a 4-5 hour session i strongly suggest calling it a day. Never play poker tired.
One of the absolute main factors to making profit in 3/6 is learning how to correlate how many people are in the pot with what is on the board. You have got to understand that top pair rarely holds up. Realize that the only reason a person bets out on the river is with two pair or better in a 4 way pot.
Observe your opponents and see how they play. When they bet do they really have the hand or are they bluffers.
I don't suggest
bluffing in 3/6 unless it is at a perfect timed bet. (you will sense it sometimes) Bluffing can lose you a lot of money in this game and is something I consider a leak.
I think you can EASILY make 50+ dollars a day on 3/6. In a matter of 2-3 hours. If it is 3/6 wKill you can win huge pots. Kill pots are very dangerous though. Make sure you have a very strong hand.
Remember study this game before actually doing it. If you are able to profit in 8 out of 10 sessions I would say that is incredible. But I can guarantee you! Those figures are impossible without studying daily. And continually working on your game. You will need every single edge you can get to win on 3/6. Every single edge. Here are my #s that I put up on 3/6. Obviously my last day just went terrible. I played poker for 30 hours straight. Which is when I end up losing tons. However I am a more profitable player then losing player at 3/6.
+87$ 12/24/16
+134$ 12/25/16 promo
+91$ 12/26/16
+87$ 12/29/16 san manuel
-300$ 1/1/17 san manuel
+300$ 1/14/17 san manuel promo
-120$ 1/15/17 morongo
-26$ 2/5/17 morongo
+93$ 2/6/17 morongo
+64$ 2/6/17 morongo
+72$ 2/7/17 morongo
+139$ 2/8/17 morongo
-260$ 2/8/17 morongo
+180$ 2/9/17 morongo
-7$ 2/10/17 morongo
+96$ 2/10/17 morongo promo HH
+77$ 2/10/17 morongo
Current balance: +707$ after 17 sessions
-120$ 2/11/17 San Manuel
-40$ 2/12/17 Morongo
-100$ 2/12/17 Morongo
+60$ 2/20/17 Morongo 2-4
+28$ 2/20/17 Morongo 2-4
-155$ 2/21/17 morongo 2-4
+40 3/6/17 morongo 2-4
-140$ 3/9/17 3/6 Morongo
-45$ 3/9/17 morongo 2/4
-40$ 3/10/17 morongo 2/4
+35$ 3/11/17 san manuel 3/6
+87$ 3/11/17 san manuel 3/6
+61$ 3/12/17 morongo 3/6 1 hour
Current balance: +378$
+20$ 3/13/17 san manuel 4-5 hours
-7$ 3/14/17 morongo 2 hours
-160$ 3/14/17 3/6 morongo 8 hour
+28$ 3/15/17 1 hour 2/4 san manuel
+63$ 3/15/17 3 hours 4/8 san manuel
+120$ 3/19/17 2 hours, morongo 2/4
+110$ 3/20/17 3 hours, morongo 3/6
+61$ 3/22/17 3 hours, morongo 2/4
-540$ 3/22/17, 3/23/17 morongo and san manuel 3/6 & 4/8
Current balance = +73$
I say stick with top tier hands.
From EP hands like A10 or better or pocket pairs
From LP play suited connectors only if you can limp in. Do not call a 6$ raise. You will end up trapping yourself with bottom or low pair and calling too see the turn (Massive leak)