full ring I did actually write, that I think, full ring tend to be softer at a given limit. So for people new to the game, I generally think, it makes most sense to start at full ring, and if at some point that gets to boring, then move to 6-max.Īs for 6-max vs. This is of course why, most winning players at 6-max tend to have a VPIP between 18-25%, but for full ring that number drop to 14-19%.Ī full ring player moving to 6-max on the other hand has no work to do, because a 6-max table can just be seen as a table, where the first 3 guys folded, and a full ring player is used to these situations already. Which mainly involve folding, because you need a very strong hand to enter a pot, when so many guys can wake up with a hand and take position on you. This can not happen at 6-max, so if a 6-max player move to full ring, he will face preflop situations, he is not used to, and learn how to develop ranges for these. However the most objective and general difference is, that to play full ring you need to develop ranges for all those situations, where either you are in the first 3 seats, or there was action from the first 3 seats. So my personal opinion is, that full ring tend to be softer overall.

On average I will also say, that 6-max attract the most ambitious regulars, because the game has more upside potential. They tend to play a little different though with 6-max attracting more action junkies and full ring attracting more nits. Its still a ring cash game, so its not like, full ring and 6-max are completely different games.

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