Switching Formats: The Numbers Just Don’t Lie
I think it was about six weeks ago I took a shot at 100nl and had break-even results but felt overwhelmed and bored with the full ring game. I had such a great time at 25nl 6max that I felt a return to the game would improve my post flop play, and ideally, improve my winrate. I spent quite a bit of time and hands at 50nl 6max and approached almost the volume I had when playing fullring. I'm going to post my winrates ... somewhat sensitive data but I think for this purpose it's fine.
As you can tell at 50nl I am more than doubly successful at full ring than I am at 6max. Maybe I'm a bad 6max player, or perhaps I went through a tough 30k hand stretch ... both are conceivable. I didn't see myself moving to 100nl as a 6max player and thought that it might be prudent to do what I did before - move from 25nl 6max to 50nl fullring - but in this case move to 100nl full ring.
The results for 100nl above are a total between my "original breakeven shot" at the level and the 3500 hands I have played this month which have been very profitable so far. I feel comfortable at the tables and I am adjusting back to dealing with super-uber-nits and those darn shortstackers that always have the nuts. But overall the play at the level is pretty predictable, and I'm hoping to do some research to find out who the handful of awesome regs are so I can just avoid them at this point.
So the numbers don't lie ... I win more and apparently play better at fullring. The sample sizes of 30k hands are basically what I consider to be the starting point of where you can start making some decisions. Although many would consider 100k to be the actual mark ... however being rolled properly for 100nl and my current poker state definitely point to me playing at 100nl Fullring, and like I said earlier the short-term end results are good, but MOST importantly I feel like I can handle the regs and exploit the fish profitably.
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My name is Sean Gibson and I am a poker journalist and part time poker player. I work full time at PokerNewsDaily.com where I host a daily news show called "The Daily Deal" and also handle the bulk of the live player interviews. In terms of poker you will find me playing $1/$3 No Limit Hold'em in Vegas or in Los Angeles (or San Diego) and online playing small stakes games.
If you are more comfortable and feel you are a better player at FR, then by all means do it. Only thing I want to say is that none of the sample sizes are anywhere near large enough to indicate anything really so I wouldn’t totally give up on 6max in the future. Be like me. Play both
Tbh if you are getting bored , or where getting bored with FR why not just play more tables? Maybe I’m thinking wrong here but it’s just a suggestion that might help since I know you were gradually working your way up to more tables. Gl back at FR and keep up the good work…..
For BW – It just seems like I win MORE at FR, at least based on the sample information I have at this time. I think once I’m at the 100-200 threshold, I’ll move back to 6max and see what happens (plus I think playing 6max really sharpens your game).
For CJ – I’m Playing 9 tables now which is pretty fun. I hate waiting 15 minutes for 9 tables to load up, but that’s part of life. I am not sure I want to play more than 9 since I like making isolated un-robotic plays and am doing that optimally now.