working on your short hand game

[aba20]

I have only played 10 handed poker and I am looking at getting into playing some shorthanded. I was wondering if anyone had any advice of how I could practice. Obviously playing is the best practice, but what else could I do to learn. Are there any starting hand chart for begginners anywhere? Are there any good books out there on short hand play? I am playing at 2-4 and 3-6 limits right now but will probably move up to 5-10 shortly. This is the range that I want to beable to play shorthand in.

[Chris Dow]

No offense intended, but players who are still thinking in terms of hand charts will not be very successful short handed players. As far as books you can take a lot of the advice in SSHE or HEPFAP and you just assume that the first 4 people have folded. That is a very rough start. The best way to learn is to head over to the HUSH forum and start playing on party's lowest 6 max table.

[aba20]

That is what I have been doing preflop always assuming I am in middle or late position and going from there. I was just wondering if there was a better way to go about it. Maybe a more precise method.

[Bluffoon]

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That is what I have been doing preflop always assuming I am in middle or late position and going from there. I was just wondering if there was a better way to go about it. Maybe a more precise method.

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Start browsing the HUSH forum. You will not find better games than party 1/2 6max but you can experiment with the changes to your game and accustom yourself to shorthanded play for smaller stakes at other site. Pokerstars for example has .5/1 6max.

[Fiddler]

There have been a couple of charts floating around in the HUSH forum, this one for instance. (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=1897985&page=&view=&s b=5&o=) Might be a good while you get your feet wet and it will also give you an idea of what any 20%-25% VP$IP 15% PFR players you run into are coming in with.

[Isura]

You could also seek short-handed tables at your current limit, and practice there for a while. Most full ring players at 2/4 and 3/6 don't know how to adjust to short-handed play, so this be easier than playing a regular 3/6 6 max at Stars for example.

[rmarotti]

Read Miller's article in this month's magazine.