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with enough hands to know you're soundly beating the game. There are many things profitable
in full ring that go down in value for 6max. For example, suited aces are very profitable full
ring in a passive table, because with such a big pot with dead money, it's worth chasing for that
flush. In 6max this will get you burned.
In this guide, you are learning to be tight and aggressive. It s the only way to play. By tight, I
mean you should be seeing 20% of all flops out of the blinds. Unlike full ring, if you see lower
than 20% you are missing out on a lot of profitable situations, and that will affect your win
rate. When you get enough experience, you can move up to 25% of all flops. 30% is the highest
you can play profitably at, and very few players can achieve that.
Also, if you plan to play seriously I highly recommend pokertracker. Pretty useless for no limit,
but for limit it is essential to analyzing your game, and plugging leaks. Limit is all about the
little things. The player with the least little mistakes makes that extra 0.5bb/100.
So I ve mentioned playing aggressive, mentioned playing tight, and there's one last thing that's
very important, in fact the most important. POSITION. Having that button is so crucial that
your starting hand requirements change drastically relative to your position from the button.
Now that you have a general idea of what 6max is all about, time to break it down.
2.2 Preflop Play
Position is the single most important deciding factor of what hands to play, so I m going to
break it down by position.
UTG
Open raise or fold. You do not want to call here with anything. The only exception is if the
table is unusually aggressive preflop, and you hold AA or KK, and you know there's an 80%
chance there's a raise behind you, then you can consider limp-raising. UTG is the worst
position preflop, limping can be very costly if someone raises after you. You must open raise to
try and get as many people to fold after you, or try and induce mistakes by making them cold
call.
As a side note now that I mentioned, cold calling is a HUGE leak in many people's games. This
goes in full ring, and it applies in 6max. Do not cold call! Exceptions are if you're on the button
and 2 people cold called already, and you hold a suited ace, expecting the blinds to call, etc.
UTG+1
Again the situation is very similar to UTG.
CO
This is when you start to get good position. The only time you should call is when UTG or
UTG+1 limped ahead of you. Otherwise, if you're going to play the hand, raise. You want to
buy the button by making them fold.
Button
Again, like CO, call only when there are limpers before you. If it's folded to you, raise with
decent hands if you think there's a good chance the blinds will fold.
Now, I mentioned calling only against limpers. The decision to call vs. raise is often very close.
For example, I call with KTo, but I ll raise with KTs. Don t get too stuck up on things like this,
your decision preflop in situations like this account for a small percentage of your win rate
over the long run. Postflop is where all the money is made.
SB
You have awesome odds here, so if no one has raised, call with anything suited, and
connectors.
BB
If everyone folds to the button, who raises, don't be a chicken if you have a decent hand. Even
A3o is worth calling to tell the button to screw off trying to steal your blind. Having the ace is
important though, with K3o the decision is more dependent on your read on the player.
Hands
Pocket pairs: These hands go up in value shorthanded. Fold the lowest pairs early position.
Call with the lower pairs if there are limpers ahead of you in late position, raise the higher ones
in all positions.
Suited connectors: There hands are junk shorthanded. Only play 98s or higher, and only in
late position with limpers.
Suited aces and kings: Again like all speculative hands, they go way down in value
shorthanded. Just like suited connectors, only late position with limpers.
High card hands: These hands go up in value. KTo, weak hand in full ring, strong hand
shorthanded. You should not be afraid of open raising with this hand, from all positions.
Powerhouse hands. AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AK, AQ, AJ, KQ...these are all hands you should
try to raise, reraise, and cap preflop, depending on what type of players your opponents are.
Just a side note, many players do not like raising and reraise with AK. They like to call, and see
the flop cheaply, and when they hit their pair they'll bet aggressively, otherwise they will fold.
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