Ed Miller\'s 6-max Article
 

Overall I think the article was very good. A couple of side notes:

1. It has already been discussed that his "lower rake" comment was probably unintentionally inaccurate.
2. Ed fails to make a note that when playing 6-max games on the internet you most likely will not be able to play AS MANY tables as you could if they were full tables. The reasons behind this are that the action is quicker, you will be in far more pots, and knowing the opposing players' tendecies is much more important.

I'm not an advocate of full ring games. I just think these other items should have been mentioned. I don't play much 6-max because I simply haven't invested the time to learn to play well.

I also would be interested to learn if Ed uses some of the software such as pokertracker and pokerace while playing.

Finally, I think it would be awesome if Ed were to write a 6-max book. Like he said in his article, this game seems to be overtaking the internet in popularity. Have you considered this Ed?

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No offense to Ed, but why are you guys so quick to jump on the idea of a guy who has very little experience in these games writing a book on them?

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Have any of you guys tried following Ed's advice on 6-max games? I have, and it was not pretty. I don't know what poker site he did his research on, but it definitely was not on Party Poker. I lost with AK, AQ, AJ, KQ, AT, etc. Ed advocates going all the way to the river with "showdown hands", like Ax. Do that, and you'll lose the pair your opponents hit on the flop and checked-called with all the way to the river

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Ed advocates going all the way to the river with "showdown hands", like Ax. Do that, and you'll lose the pair your opponents hit on the flop and checked-called with all the way to the river

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I think you misunderstood my advice a bit. I recommend you prefer hands with showdown value (such as A6s) to those that don't (such as 98s). I recommend... against VERY LOOSE PLAYERS... that you bet your showdown hands aggressively (though not automatically) on the flop and turn.

Against tougher players, autobetting the flop and turn with unimproved hands will be trouble.

EDIT: BTW, I have been playing on Party for the last month or so.

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No offense to Ed, but why are you guys so quick to jump on the idea of a guy who has very little experience in these games writing a book on them?

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*shrug* I don't think a 6-max book is forthcoming from me any time soon. I appreciate the thought, but I've also been asked to write books on topics as diverse as PLO, 2-7 TD, and more.

I think my next book after working on David's NL book will be a novel.

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I think my next book after working on David's NL book will be a novel.

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now this i find interesting. would it be a poker novel, or something completely unrelated? whichever direction you choose, good luck to you.

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now this i find interesting. would it be a poker novel, or something completely unrelated? whichever direction you choose, good luck to you.

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I have an idea.. it's not poker-related. I may suck at writing novels, though.

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now this i find interesting. would it be a poker novel, or something completely unrelated? whichever direction you choose, good luck to you.

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I have an idea.. it's not poker-related. I may suck at writing novels, though.

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Will it be about a young former computer programmer who married way, way up? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

If anything regarding the 6-max article, I would have emphasized the increased variance more. I've been trying to play it a bit, and I've never lost money so quickly when I hit a bad stretch. Took me a little by surprise, and I imagine it's not that uncommon at all. Those prone to tilting could get burned pretty badly I would think.

Good thoughts in the article though, I imagine if I was running better it would be profitable.