New to O/8 6max; comments and questions

[benfranklin]

I've been playing O/8 at Party, .05/1 and 1/2 mostly, with a few hundred hands so far at 2/4. I haven't seen much difference between them, except the .5/1 is just a little fishier. Because of the lack of full ring games at 1/2, I decided to try 1/2 6max. My first impressions, based on a relatively small sample size, are:

1. the games are a little tighter and a little more aggressive than 1/2 full

2. unless the table is short, you can't loosen up much in starting hand requirements

3. there is a higher percentage of scoops in 6max

4. there is more dead money in a full table game (more limpers who see the flop and fold if they don't hit)

5. in every table I've played the 5-seat, all different players, sucked out on me something awful [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

I intend to do further research on #5 in the literature. My bias right now, largely because of #4, is to stick to full table games. Any comments appreciated.