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06-15-2005, 10:15 PM
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6-max vs 10-max myths?
care to comment on a few statements on 6-max vs 10-max:
1) preflop, strategy should be no different than if it were folded to you, at the same position relative to button. in other words, UTG play at 6-max is the same as if folded to you 3 off the button at 10-max. 2) never open-limp at 6-handed table or less. 3) postflop, play similar to 10-max. kickers for top-pair type hands can be de-valued somewhat. just getting started at 6-max tables, wondering what adjustments i need to make. yes, i've searched these forums already, but just hoping to start a fresh thread up... 
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06-15-2005, 11:27 PM
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Re: 6-max vs 10-max myths?
The most successful 6max players I have watched play don't have anything set in stone, they are fluid (I think this is very important for 6max as the game/player conditions change so quickly) and most of the plays they make are completely opponent based and not cookie cutter.
OK, I take that back, the few 2+2ers I've seen play have a much more book/board approach to the game with dos and don'ts, probably because a lot of them multitable and learned from the forum. The one kid I know from school who hasn't read a book or this board ever is fluid, there are no rules and it is completely player dependent. I try to explain things like limp AKo early with a deep stack and he just laughs at me etc...he has made more money paying 1 table of 2/4 6max than a majority of the board. If I could go back I would learn poker the way he did. He treats it as a people game. Trying to apply rules etc just sets yourself up for disaster....
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#4
06-16-2005, 12:37 AM
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Re: 6-max vs 10-max myths?
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The most successful 6max players I have watched play don't have anything set in stone, they are fluid (I think this is very important for 6max as the game/player conditions change so quickly) and most of the plays they make are completely opponent based and not cookie cutter. OK, I take that back, the few 2+2ers I've seen play have a much more book/board approach to the game with dos and don'ts, probably because a lot of them multitable and learned from the forum. The one kid I know from school who hasn't read a book or this board ever is fluid, there are no rules and it is completely player dependent. I try to explain things like limp AKo early with a deep stack and he just laughs at me etc...he has made more money paying 1 table of 2/4 6max than a majority of the board. If I could go back I would learn poker the way he did. He treats it as a people game. Trying to apply rules etc just sets yourself up for disaster.... [/ QUOTE ] i dont think its near "distrastrous" to play by the book and go by a general set of rules. it may hurt you at higher limits (maybe 5/10 and higher) where your opponents are observant and will take advantage of your predictableness, but at mid-low limits you can go ABC and still be pretty succesful. even at higher limits im sure if you practice good table selection a straightforward style can still be successful. of course, even the most basic ABC style should still be player dependent to a degree--just have to use common sense.
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#7
06-16-2005, 06:44 PM
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Re: 6-max vs 10-max myths?
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Trying to apply rules etc just sets yourself up for disaster.... [/ QUOTE ] I disagree, I think rules are great as long as you are able to spot change them when needed.
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#9
06-17-2005, 12:18 AM
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Re: 6-max vs 10-max myths?
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Well then they aren't really rules are they? [/ QUOTE ] uhh.. touche.
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#10
06-16-2005, 09:48 PM
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Re: 6-max vs 10-max myths?
Sure, rules are good, don't call raises with 72o etc... but if you always play by rules your game is stagnant. You become predictable, players always know what you have etc... I'm at the stage where even when I try to vary my play preflop, but it is still basic postflop play, it makes me easily read...sometimes I wish I never learned how to play NL with rules...that's all....it's not a game for rules... you need to be more flexible than that to be good...at least that's what i seem to notice with the true superb players...
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