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Hey guys,
I play a fair amount of SSMTT but generally, my volume comes from 9 man SNGS $20 and $30.
I am struggling a bit with the adjustments neccessary for switching from 9 to 6. Any advice or direction to articles or videos would be much appreciated.
Stinger3388
June 22, 2010
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In six max preflop play becomes more important because, the cards you are dealt become slightly more powerful. Preflop aggression becomes a powerful tactic. However, on the flipside, suckouts become greater because the chance a card someone needs is left in the deck increases since only 12 are being dealt to the players instead of 18. It took me a few games to adjust as well, I was not changing my aggression and getting suckout a lot on. I was getting so frustrated being ahead only to lose.
"Your either in Sheen's Korner or your with the trolls."
Thats is exactly what I am experiencing. More frequent suckouts and my usual push fold range keeps running into monsters but thats obv just running bad.
Ive played 8 today and managed 2 wins and 2 seconds. The 4 I never cashed in, 2 turnt into crapshoots with 4 left and my contination bet with AK and AQ had to be a shove and the villain would flip mid pair 9s or something.
The other 2 were classic steal spots from the button and running into monsters in the blinds. I seem to struggle to get a stack in these 6 mans whereas in 9 mans, I rarely found myself in that spot.
I want to switch because I cant get enough volume in playing 9 mans
DavinVG on bluefirepoker is a 6-man SNG specialist and a supernova elite.
Yeh im a member at bluefire aswel but all his vids are 9 handed. I might request that he do a 6max series
hey Stinger,
i have to correct praetor a bit, SNGs are as he said about preflop play, but 6max doesnt change the importance of it, it allows you to play psotflop from latepos a bit more often though in the first levels, but dont spew to much there. tight is right.
The part about likelihood of others improving is wrong though, since it doesnt matter whether cards are dealt unknown or remain in the deck unknown – they are unknown and equal for probabilities!
the higher variance is a result of wider shoving ranges since you are always in late pos more or less when the push or fold period is on where as in 9/10max you have more time to wait and pick a spot and have some positions on the table where you only shove very nitty. When 2 wide ranges collide (push and call ranges are wide) variance increases.
Adjustments you need to make is mostly training CO, HJ ranges imo and play the very short stack 3-6BB well on the bubble and aswell Bubble CALLING and pushing ranges.
Furthermore there are slightly different payout structures for those, payouts go form 70-30 to even 60-40 with 66.7-33.3 being very common.
So focus on the %-difference for each jump. For example when it pays 70-30 the jump from 2. to 1st is worth 40% and the bubble only 30%, making aggressive bubbleplay more profitable than 67-33 payouts where jumps are equal and relentlessness can cost you EV unlike usuall 9man bubble play. 60-40 is probably not important since rarely seen, but obv there the bubble matters more than HU.
feel free to ask for more, played 6max Sngs for a living for a year.
Gl chilled
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