Does 2+2 have a book that covers 6Max?

[Talk2BigSteve]

If not they should publish one.

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[jakethebake]

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If not they should publish one.

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So how much did you lose at 6Max last night before making these posts, Steve? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Talk2BigSteve]

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If not they should publish one.

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So how much did you lose at 6Max last night before making these posts, Steve? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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LOL None, I am just in the process of moving from the X-skins to play somewhere else and thought now would be the best time to learn to play 6max.

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[Luv2DriveTT]

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Steve - I believe the 6 max market is too small for 2+2 to invest in now that poker has become such a huge industry. With that said I'd look at some of the micro publishers works. King Yao's book has a very good short handed section, and How Good is your Limit Hold'em is really a shorthanded book in discuise... its excellent. Of course HPFAP's short section is the one that started it all.

On a related note, I think there is a great need for more heads up material.

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[mike4bmp]

...ok so what is 6Max? I'm still a bit new to all of these abbrev. and terms in 2+2. Sorry if this is a noob question.... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[gildwulf]

Maximum of 6 players.

[pastabatman]

I suppose it would be naive to suggest applying SSH/HPFAP/whatever as if the first 4 players folded preflop. Curious as to reasoning why that might be wrong. Doing that, you'd obviously be playing more hands, which seems right.

Here's a post with a set of links on 6-max I haven't gotten around to studying yet:
http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/...;o=&fpart=

[SoftcoreRevolt]

I don't believe SSHE says directly what one should do if the first 4 people had folded, so it leaves a player who has just read it and is trying to apply it left with no more information than the fact there are 6 people at his table. Obviously he should be more aggressive, but how much more?

It's good advice, it just doesn't tell a player who is still learning the ropes a whole lot.

[MicroBob]

I would recommend the HUSH forum.


mebenhoe had some sort of starting-hand chart for 6-max that must be in the archives there somewhere (or you could ask and someone could dig it up).

Playing by a chart isn't exactly great poker....but it helps get your feet wet on this 6-max thing if you're the type who has been WAY too tight-passive while bonus-clearing on crypto and absolute on the full-ring tables.


FWIW - I started to learn it by actually DOING it.
I bonus-cleared at 1/2 6-max. You get the hands faster anyway.
Still had a lot to learn though.

6-max is LOTS of pre-flop raising....and lots of blind-steal attempts and blind-defense.

Lions and tigers and check-raises and semi-bluffs, OH MY!!

If you were a 14/5 player at full-ring then that just isn't going to cut it at 6-max.
Even 20/11 players get told "play more hands. raise more."
25/18 or something like that is more like it.

You shouldn't be aiming for a specific number of course....just giving you some ball-park ideas.


In other news, we are hoping that someday in the future they split HUSH in 2-different forums for low-stakes HUSH and medium/high stakes HUSH.


Also - I agree with the advice on King Yao's section...it's decent (although not great) as well as the How good is your limit hold-em book by Bryan Jacobs.

[adios]

Actually I think it's a great idea FWIW. You'll be playing many more hands and raising with them if you followed the advice in the books you mentioned which seems to fit in with the strategy people on these forums recommend in 6-max.