Ed Miller's 6-max Article

[wonkadaddy]

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

[koolmoe]

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

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From my experience playing 5/10 6max at Party in the first half of this year, I'd say that there are definitely players that loose and passive. They may not be a dime a dozen (maybe more like 1 in 20), but if you datamine, you'll find them. At least I did 6 months ago. YMMV.

The key (to me) seems to be finding a seat where you can isolate such players and not get aggressively and routinely three-bet preflop by players to your left.

The thing I liked about 6-max is that some of the sick beats you see there more often turn tables into tiltfest feeding frenzies than you see at full table games at the same stakes.

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Mason said NL was dead (essays Vol 1) but I think he was wrong

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It was probably true at the time he wrote it; NL cash did all but die until televised tournament poker revived it.

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NL was dead at the time he wrote that. There was little or no online poker, and the live NL games were truly NL. They had no buy-in caps. Poor players quickly went bust in such games. Today, a fish can buy into a $25 online game and brag about playing NL, the Cadillac of poker.

[12AX7]

No doubt. LOL!

In 98-99 poker dealers in Vegas said to me, "Dude Poker is dying in Vegas... all those local casinos, no one comes here for poker any more."

TV changes things, huh? :-)

[Nottom]

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A rare instance in which I didnt think a Miller article was very good. The isolate 96o with A4s example just wont work in a 10/20 short game.

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sort of agree w/you. conceptually the point ed makes is powerful, but the example just isn't characteristic of the play at even 3/6, and definitely not higher. folks just don't call that passively w/crap.

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I see players like this all the time in the 3/6 game. Its not most people so you can't use this as a blanket strategy, but I'd say there is usually at least one of these types at every other table I play at (part of which is likely table selection on my end). Sometimes even when that guy is around it doesn't mean you are in a position to fully take advantage of him, but when you can Ed's line should be a pretty standard thing and shouldn't be new to anyone with any 6-max experience.