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once again the expert jumps in with a blanket statement and no analysis or evidence.

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Oh I'm sorry all the other players giving terrible advice without any analysis or evidence are right huh? Is it because they have higher post counts? I made the switch to playing primarily 3 and 4 handed 2 months ago. I have only been using PT for a couple weeks. I have 10k+ hands logged of 3 and 4 handed play.

I dont want to claim that my way of playing is optimal, but I did feel it necessary to point out that the advice given in this thread is not good. Every player with stats like those is an overall loser in my database.

So Victor how about you treat everyone the same. If everyone else can make blanket statements when most of them DO NOT PLAY 3 and 4 handed for any significant amount of time then don't jump on my ass.

[/ QUOTE ]What stats have been mentioned in this thread? And a lot of the people in this forum do play 3 or 4 handed. The 6 max games I play in regularly go 3 or 4 handed. I was playing 3/6 5-max at Pokerroom today. At least half of those hands had less then 5 players in them. I think it's valid to ask why you think 5 or 6 max is significantly different then 3 or 4 handed. There are differences, but they mainly are the result of other players playing poorly, which gives you opportunities to exploit. Making blanket statements that people need to loosen up isn't correct. You will be looser. But poker is a game of making individual decisions correctly. Raising say J8o in the CO against loose blinds is wrong 4 handed, 6 handed, 10 handed, or 20 handed.