a good 6max player can crush 10 handed

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A good poker player will do well at poker.

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True but multiway he will have to combat some of his lagginess to do really well.

[donger]

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Any truth to this ? I'm finding the skills I'm learning in 6 handed are making me so much better then I was at 10 handed. Seems like from a learning stand point I'd be doing myself a diservice playing 10 handed.

Any truth to this, or just a misconception I'm having ?

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I agree. I feel if I went back to full ring I'd be a beast there. My postflop play has been elevated a ton since moving to 6max.

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I've been fooling with full ring from time to time to clear bonii and the play seems downright retarded by comparison. The thing that sticks out most for me is river play. Lots of people betting when they should check and vice versa.

[HesseJam]

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I think the path is: become decent at Full then move to 6max and once u have mastered six max (or at least become proficient at it) then when u do play full, its no contest.

The only thing u have to watch for that could carry over is preflop lag, calling down light to often and possible aggression mishaps on the flop and turn.

But I agree, once u become decent at 6max, ten handed feels like a breeze imo. A light, really slow breeze though.

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Very good assessment. Same happened to me, even if I cannot say I "mastered" the 1/2 6max but I went back to full ring being a much better player with a bigger arsenal of tools. You learn faster if you switch the games. I also play NLSnGs which are a totally different animal but it helped me also with limit ring because I got a better feel for hand reading and bluff odds.

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A good poker player will do well at poker.

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