Re: Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

Re: Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

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From my experience playing 5/10 6max at Party in the first half of this year, I'd say that there are definitely players that loose and passive. They may not be a dime a dozen (maybe more like 1 in 20), but if you datamine, you'll find them. At least I did 6 months ago. YMMV.

The key (to me) seems to be finding a seat where you can isolate such players and not get aggressively and routinely three-bet preflop by players to your left.

The thing I liked about 6-max is that some of the sick beats you see there more often turn tables into tiltfest feeding frenzies than you see at full table games at the same stakes.

Re: Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

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Mason said NL was dead (essays Vol 1) but I think he was wrong

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It was probably true at the time he wrote it; NL cash did all but die until televised tournament poker revived it.

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NL was dead at the time he wrote that. There was little or no online poker, and the live NL games were truly NL. They had no buy-in caps. Poor players quickly went bust in such games. Today, a fish can buy into a $25 online game and brag about playing NL, the Cadillac of poker.

Re: Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

No doubt. LOL!

In 98-99 poker dealers in Vegas said to me, "Dude Poker is dying in Vegas... all those local casinos, no one comes here for poker any more."

TV changes things, huh? :-)

Re: Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

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I see players like this all the time in the 3/6 game. Its not most people so you can't use this as a blanket strategy, but I'd say there is usually at least one of these types at every other table I play at (part of which is likely table selection on my end). Sometimes even when that guy is around it doesn't mean you are in a position to fully take advantage of him, but when you can Ed's line should be a pretty standard thing and shouldn't be new to anyone with any 6-max experience.