[soah]

When I needed to clear my deposit bonus at Empire I realized that I really had no choice but to play ring games. I was up $800 after my first 800 hands of $.50/$1 6-max NL. But of course... I then broke even over the next 500 or so. I really liked the shorthanded play because you will have the best hand much more often. You get to play more hands, and therefore give your opponents more opportunities to make mistakes against you. I found that my overly aggressive play was causing people to start calling me down with lots of trash (second pair, etc). This put them in a position to either win a small pot or lose a big one.