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care to comment on a few statements on 6-max vs 10-max:
1) preflop, strategy should be no different than if it were folded to you, at the same position relative to button. in other words, UTG play at 6-max is the same as if folded to you 3 off the button at 10-max. 2) never open-limp at 6-handed table or less. 3) postflop, play similar to 10-max. kickers for top-pair type hands can be de-valued somewhat. just getting started at 6-max tables, wondering what adjustments i need to make. yes, i've searched these forums already, but just hoping to start a fresh thread up... |
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For just starting out this isn't bad, but it's far from optimal.
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The most successful 6max players I have watched play don't have anything set in stone, they are fluid (I think this is very important for 6max as the game/player conditions change so quickly) and most of the plays they make are completely opponent based and not cookie cutter.
OK, I take that back, the few 2+2ers I've seen play have a much more book/board approach to the game with dos and don'ts, probably because a lot of them multitable and learned from the forum. The one kid I know from school who hasn't read a book or this board ever is fluid, there are no rules and it is completely player dependent. I try to explain things like limp AKo early with a deep stack and he just laughs at me etc...he has made more money paying 1 table of 2/4 6max than a majority of the board. If I could go back I would learn poker the way he did. He treats it as a people game. Trying to apply rules etc just sets yourself up for disaster.... |
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I haven't really played full, but I openlimp a lot in 6-max. I just like to see flops and judge from there.
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I'm actually pretty new to 6-max as well. I have been adhering to the "never open-limp" strategy and I have some absolutely massive stacks as we speak so I'm gonna stick with that strategy. I think it gives you much more action when you hit legitimate hands as long as you can make proper folds. Although I have the lowest VPIP on most tables, I usually have one of the highest PFR's and as such, people don't think I'm a tight player. I have gotten all my chips in with the nuts against one pair so many times today.
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The most successful 6max players I have watched play don't have anything set in stone, they are fluid (I think this is very important for 6max as the game/player conditions change so quickly) and most of the plays they make are completely opponent based and not cookie cutter. OK, I take that back, the few 2+2ers I've seen play have a much more book/board approach to the game with dos and don'ts, probably because a lot of them multitable and learned from the forum. The one kid I know from school who hasn't read a book or this board ever is fluid, there are no rules and it is completely player dependent. I try to explain things like limp AKo early with a deep stack and he just laughs at me etc...he has made more money paying 1 table of 2/4 6max than a majority of the board. If I could go back I would learn poker the way he did. He treats it as a people game. Trying to apply rules etc just sets yourself up for disaster.... [/ QUOTE ] i dont think its near "distrastrous" to play by the book and go by a general set of rules. it may hurt you at higher limits (maybe 5/10 and higher) where your opponents are observant and will take advantage of your predictableness, but at mid-low limits you can go ABC and still be pretty succesful. even at higher limits im sure if you practice good table selection a straightforward style can still be successful. of course, even the most basic ABC style should still be player dependent to a degree--just have to use common sense. |
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you can be successful if you never open limp, but you can also be successful if you openlimp all day all the time. preflop in NL is pretty flexible.
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I try to explain things like limp AKo early with a deep stack and he just laughs at me etc... [/ QUOTE ] As would I. |
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care to comment on a few statements on 6-max vs 10-max: 1) preflop, strategy should be no different than if it were folded to you, at the same position relative to button. in other words, UTG play at 6-max is the same as if folded to you 3 off the button at 10-max. 2) never open-limp at 6-handed table or less. 3) postflop, play similar to 10-max. kickers for top-pair type hands can be de-valued somewhat. just getting started at 6-max tables, wondering what adjustments i need to make. yes, i've searched these forums already, but just hoping to start a fresh thread up... [/ QUOTE ] WRT 2), if the table is loose but passive (you'll get 3 people calling your raises every time) open limping is good. If it's not, then open raising is good. |
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I just really don't like playing raised pots out of position.
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