6 Max SNG's

[benfranklin]

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play poker against players who potentially don't know how to play poker.

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And the bad thing about that is.............???

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And, there is less dead money.

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In a 9 player Stars SnG, there are usually 5-6 players who are totally clueless. In a 6 player Stars SnG, there are usually 3-4 players who are totally clueless. A regular $10+1 and a $12+1/6 max pay about the same to the winner. So I figure about the same value in both.

The two main things that strike me about 6 max at Stars (the only place I have played them):

1. They take about the same time as a 9 player SnG, which seems like entirely too much time; and

2. 6 max players for some reason are much worse at HU play.

[eniven]

I used to play 6 max SNG's on Pacific Poker as well... But then I came to a realization:

When I play 10 man SNG's, due to tight early play I can simply outlast my way to 6 people left the VAST majority of the time. Now, I think of it as a 6 man SNG where the prize money is much larger.

Of couse, it doesn't always work out that way, but on average, this is why I find 10 man SNG's more profitable.