I hate shorthanded tables, anyone else feel the same?

[grandgnu]

This is why I could never become a prop for an online casino. I just couldn't handle playing short-handed games.

I find that there's a lot more money and bad plays that I can take advantage of in full or very close to full tables (I'm talking mostly about Omaha hi/lo, 7-stud and 7-stud hi/lo, but also pot limit Omaha hi/lo and NL Hold Em)

Then again, my short-handed and heads-up play needs a lot of work. In tournament games I have little trouble doing well when there's a lot of players at the tables, but when people start dropping and we're down to 4-5 players I start playing worse I think.

Guess I'll start reading up more in this thread and try and improve my short-handed and heads-up game. But back to the original message: Does anyone prefer short-handed or heads-up play over playing a full table? And if so, why? I'm referring to ring games, since I see a lot more profit in my experience with more players and thus more money on the table and in each pot.

[Entity]

I don't play most of the games you mentioned -- I dabble in PLHE and NLHE, but not seriously. Anyway, I prefer shorthanded games because they allow me to push my edge over worse players more often, which results in more profit for me. I really enjoy the aggression, too, which I can only get into so often in full table games (I do miss big multiway pots, though).

Rob

[Mr. Graff]

I don't like full ring. I tend to place too much value in top pair good kicker too often... Every pot seem to be won by monsters compared to short-handed. Guess it is all about adjusting.

[grandgnu]

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I don't like full ring. I tend to place too much value in top pair good kicker too often... Every pot seem to be won by monsters compared to short-handed. Guess it is all about adjusting.

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Ah, I don't play limit hold em games, way too easy for people to chase and outdraw you there, frustrates the hell out of me.

But with Omaha hi/lo or 7-stud hi/lo, it can be pretty easy to see based on the cards out if you have the best low, and there seem to be plenty of people willing to call you down with the 2nd-4th best hands and lose their money.