Who agrees with Jason Pohl?

[Nikla]

Jason Pohl on pokerpages writes:

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The two main differences between full and 5-person games are known to most advanced players, even if they are not fully understood. First, the relative value of big offsuited cards goes up, and the relative value of drawing hands go down. Second, the blind structure forces more action. Blinds come too often, and a good player cannot just wait for a premium holding.

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Am I the only one who has serious problems accepting Jason's second statement?

[Vehn]

Yes.

[FrankLu99]

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Jason Pohl on pokerpages writes:

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The two main differences between full and 5-person games are known to most advanced players, even if they are not fully understood. First, the relative value of big offsuited cards goes up, and the relative value of drawing hands go down. Second, the blind structure forces more action. Blinds come too often, and a good player cannot just wait for a premium holding.

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Am I the only one who has serious problems accepting Jason's second statement?

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depends on what u define as premium. If you think 59s is premium (like me) u really dont have to wait for that many hands to find something playable.
If you think ATs is borderline premium then I think u need to play non premium hands.

[Nottom]

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Am I the only one who has serious problems accepting Jason's second statement?

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I certainly agree with it.

** I think a lot of it depends on your definaition of premium.

[Nikla]

Would you play a hand differently with the rationale: "Im BB in 3 hands"?

[Vehn]

So you think its a viable strategy to play the same number of hands in a short game as you would in a full game?

[Nikla]

You're missing my point completely. I'll let others comment before I give you my point of view.

[Vehn]

I'll be frantically pushing refresh.

[bugstud]

I see Vehn has premium sand now, instead of regular grain sand...

Anyway, I played exactly the same VPIP wise in the party 5/10 6max vs. full ring games, just a much higher aggression factor and PFR in the SH school. Playing on UB now, though, my VPIP is much higher, probably because I'm drifting towards LAGtiltitis.
Anyway, my definition of premium SH is 77+, ATs+, so I think you can wait for those.

Meh?

[Knox]

I would agree with it, it costs more to play than usual, so you're probably going to be playing more hands to maximize your profit.