6max or hu... or both?

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SIG1 United States. Nov 08 2010 18:38. Posts 651

so it's been a little over a month since I tried out 6max and it has both its pros and cons. Some of the pros of 6 max sngs are:

-ability to 10+ table thus increasing hourly
-requires less thinking so I can grind much longer than heads up(i can actually watch tv shows which was not possible even when I was 1 tabling hu)
-can maintain diamond status on ap cuz of the high volume+much higher rb

However some of the cons are:
-Don't really improve as a player as 90% of my plays are making the right fold,call, or shove preflop
-can't really table select but this doesn't really apply cuz I try not to table select(anymore) in hu either
-variance is higher than hu(well for me it is and I don't think that's gonna change)

Now the question is... should I focus purely on 6max as my hourly is about 30-50% higher than my hourly for HU. Or... focus on improving my game and play around 50% HU. What do you proz recommend? Were any of you grinders in a situation where you were debating between 6max vs hu? What were the deciding factors? This is hard for me because I don't feel like I have more edge in 1 or the other. My roi for both is around 6-8%.

[edit]
ok here r my graphs for 6max and hu

6max

hu

any comment/flame appreciated

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Last edit: 08/11/2010 18:48

LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Nov 08 2010 20:04. Posts 15163

HU there is no question. Some Cash nosebleed players started on HU SnGs... Galfond played them and jumped right into 5/10 Cash game lol (even though they were a lot softer back then).
The skill and hand reading you get is insane and way more profitable in the long run than playing almost solved (I remember reading this somewhere) 1table SnGs and you will actually be able to use it in other formats

93% Sure!

Last edit: 08/11/2010 20:05

mnj United States. Nov 08 2010 20:46. Posts 3848

obviously mix, don't think there's any cons at all to doing both.
6 max will help your game plenty imo

edzwoo United States. Nov 09 2010 01:23. Posts 5911

I wouldn't touch STTs with a 10 foot pole, so I'd say HUSNGs since they're the most interesting.

I would definitely suggest branching out to the 18,45,and 180 sngs (not sure what they have on AP). You can maintain a higher ROI and it gives you a future path into MTTs.

Spitfiree Bulgaria. Nov 09 2010 08:20. Posts 9634

I d go for HU

LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Nov 09 2010 12:40. Posts 15163

And ask Player999, the dude is a monster and won't have any trouble switching to any game if he wants to because he owns in HU SnGs

93% Sure!