Should I take up 6-max?

I am a $100 NL full ring player who has been away from the game for about 18 months. When I left, full ring was more popular than 6-max but now it seems that 6-max generally has a lot more tables to choose from. Do you think that there are a higher fraction of fish in 6-max that would make it worth me learning. I've been playing full ring for about 20k hands at FT and PS and made a few buyins but progress is rather slow.

I've seen results like Coco_Bill's and obviously would like some of that for myself. However the style of play in the hands which gets posted seems rather maniacal to a 17/8 full ring player so it may take me a while to adjust. From what i can gather you don't have to be super loose or aggressive preflop to be successful but you've got to know exactly what you're doing post-flop or you're going to get bet out of most pots. Are any sites particularly soft for 6-max. I had a quick look at the sun poker/william hill client because of the high rakeback and 95% of the tables were 6-max. Also is there a skill boundary between 50/100/200 etc where the game suddenly gets a lot harder?

Or, if that question is a bit vague let me ask:

How did you find the transition from full ring to 6 max and do many people try it and end up going back to full ring?

I tried 6-max. Experienced wild swings, high euphoria and deep despair. Needless to say I stayed away from FR for good.

Originally Posted by silu_nz

I tried 6-max. Experienced wild swings, high euphoria and deep despair. Needless to say I stayed away from FR for good.

QFT! Couldn't have put it better.

i switched about 6 months ago. i definitely wouldn't go back, it'd be like playing limit.

6 max is much more intense, and takes a little more thought and concentration i'd say. swings can be crazy though. if you ever wanna go much higher the games dry up at Full ring. try it, it'll improve you postflop imeasurably.

i just wish the games were as easy as they were 18 months ago.

6 max is 10 times as fun. Much more action, much more mind games, and many more fish! I can't see myself going back to FR in the forseeable future.

Originally Posted by Legendash

From what i can gather you don't have to be super loose or aggressive preflop to be successful but you've got to know exactly what you're doing post-flop or you're going to get bet out of most pots. Are any sites particularly soft for 6-max. I had a quick look at the sun poker/william hill client because of the high rakeback and 95% of the tables were 6-max. Also is there a skill boundary between 50/100/200 etc where the game suddenly gets a lot harder?

I gave 6-max a try when I was playing $25NL and found it tough. I loosened up way too much and suffered for it.
I gave it another go when I hit $50NL and it just clicked for me. While I'm by no mean unbeatable at $50NL I have a nice record.

There are skill boundaries between $50NL, $100NL and $200NL on Crypto at least. But they're by no means different games. They tend to just be a little more aggressive as you move up and one has to be a tad more aware.
That said, it certainly seems that the game that the same game can beat $50NL can beat $200NL, it's just hard to push at the margins.

Go for Interpoker or Plex ahead of Sun and Will Hill (if you're not doing them all) because of the better bonus. And Inter ahead of Plex for the extra 2% in rakeback (if you don't have an RB provider for them then PM me) if you can afford to keep making the deposit for the bonus.

6-max is much softer at Party, I would say, and the games move a lot quicker, but without RB and bonuses you're probably not gaining anything.

Good luck!

I've never played, fr, what's that like?

6max is different from full ring, but you don't need to go all apeshit and over defend your blinds or turn into a top pair fish and its still bad to cold call raises with KTo out of position.

You can win by playing a solid, smart game so play whatever style you're comfortable with. When you first make the transition, you will lose more money by over adjusting than by playing too tight.

There are a few adjustments and you will run into more pots with those annoying tough regulars but you will also run into more pots with the fishtards at the table.

To make the transition smoother, you can keep your VP$IP around the same (17%) and just increase your PFR to 13%+.
Once you get more comfortable, you can increase both.
No need to start raising AXs UTG right of the bat.

Just dont move up past 100NL until you have plugged all your leaks (FTR can help u with that).