why shorthanded?

[lecho]

i am playing fr, and most coaching videos is for sh. why is that? shorthanded is more profitable? is more action there so it's not so boring as fr?

[mojo6911]

More hands per hour means potentially more money per hour. Also, like you said, it is less boring.

[ThatDeviant]

~ more action
~ more hands
~ more money

[SeP121]

Originally Posted by ThatDeviant

~ more action
~ more hands
~ more money

in a nutshell

[dansiek]

However, with more action comes more swings. So you could just say eveyone here is hooked on gambling.

[chinz]

Originally Posted by lecho

i am playing fr, and most coaching videos is for sh. why is that? shorthanded is more profitable? is more action there so it's not so boring as fr?

FR is more boring and less profitable for a good player. I don't know if you understand what I am saying (my english skillz suck), but FR is also a "more solved" game than 6max or HU, which are much more dynamic. By "more solved" I mean that in most situations you can mathematically make a right decision... maybe a best example of this is LHE, in which there are bots that are beating lower midstakes HU.

I am now playing HU for the same reason I went from FR (which I did play for a very short period) to 6max... You get a lot more action and the game is much more dynamic, instead of that 14 VPIP setmining+blindstealing, which FR was.

The general idea of HU (and shorthanded) is that no one ever really has anything and everyone is just trying to outplay each other... which I find much more interesting than "hmm... I have a middle set, I wonder if he has top or bottom set when he shoves" -style FR.

I've been drinking again, so if I sound like an idiot, that is probably because I am one. ThatDeviant probably said everything necessary already.

[postoakpoker]

everyone is forced to play more hands at a short handed table (if players don't then they're folding too much, which costs them more in blinds and also narrows their hand range when they do play). the more hands you can play against players with less skill, the more you profit in the long run.

[JacKhani]

I like playing 6 handed because there is more action involved than in full ring. Its more exciting than full ring

[no eff eks]

Originally Posted by lecho

i am playing fr, and most coaching videos is for sh. why is that? shorthanded is more profitable? is more action there so it's not so boring as fr?

More hands played per hour + more hands played in terms of % of hands + looser all-around games + fewer TAG's per table to pick on your fish + soooo much less boring = better than 9-max or 10-max.

[mahhddgtp]

Also more enjoyable. Easier to target and exploit your opponents because there are less of them.