Quote Originally Posted by andy-akb
Quote Originally Posted by Renton
a novice at postflop play would do well to play a tight aggressive style at full ring and make a steady roll-building profit, and forgo the tough situations and swings of 6-max (even if the profit potential is greater there).
The question was about what would have greater potential for profit, not what would be the most steady.
Fair point. BUT, you need to consider that with a roll suited to 25NL, many players aren't yet as savvy as to be able to play a profitable 6max game. Obviously you might argue that he just had to withdraw a massive amount after being a winner at 200NL FR and 6max and has to start over, or something of the kind, and you might be right.
However, "profitability" is not only an ecuation based only on fishiness at the tables, size of pots and number of times you can profit from the mistakes of said fish. You also need to take into account increased variance, increased difficulty (especially if said players is relatively new at holdem - even if he isn't a fish) in the context of playing more hands and needing to be more aggressive and sometimes needing to play more marginal hands.

Having said that, my answer would be... *drum roll*... it depends. It depends on the bankroll available, on the player's experience in hold'em (it's much easier to play 200NL FR and move down to 25NL 6max or 50NL 6max to learn the game than it is to move from 25NL FR to 25NL 6max), and also on the player's bankroll. In some cases it might even depend on the site being played on.