Ed Miller's new Artilce on 6-Max (PRE FLOP)

[mojobluesman]

The biggest problem I have playing 6-Max is that a high percentage of the time the pot will be opened for a raise because it's a short handed game.

In a full ring game, I feel comfortable folding my marginal hands when it's raised in front of me because the raiser will tend to have a very strong hand. That's not always the case in 6-max where the opener could be raising with any number of hands just like a mid position player might raise if he's first in in a full ring game.

How do you correctly lower your pre-flop standards in a 6-max game and make the cold-call or re-raise to account for the different pre flop raising standards you find in short handed games?