In praise of 6max

I don't think I mentioned it, but the MTT NLHE tournaments I've been playing lately are 6max; that is, each table seats at most 6 players. I learned poker at 9max tables, and 6max kind of threw me off when I first played it, but I really love it now. It almost feels like cheating :-) More accurately, it reduces the ability of players to succeed when they adopt the strategy of throwing caution to the wind. 6max has less variance than 9max, so it rewards skill more consistently. Sign me up :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000 26000       6    88      58   15    14   302000

delta: $102,000
MTT NLHE balance: $4,177,668
2019 balance: $19,044,150
balance: $65,628,410