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Compared to 6-max limit holdem

- when the first to act, one gets one (some prefer two, especially on early positions) seat tighter and plays up to all pairs from all positions. With any stack sizes.

- as basic strategy one prefers to come in with an open-raise, even if there's already one limper (or two with the more or less better hands). One thinks about the options too. Some limping under favorable cases and less raising under unfavorable cases. I refer to limit holdem, too.

- as far as I see, the big blind's theoretical defense minimums happen to be around the same as the open-raiser's minimums when it's a standard raise (though 3x means more calling than 4x), maybe cutting some high crap away (but like at limit holdem that's not all important vs. stealers). Vs. stealers one can also re-raise more often, and one does not has to have a strong hand for it every time, e.g. some just below a calling hand could try a re-steal.

- what one should cold call with, I refer to limit holdem, just adding some more implied hands.

- vs. likely big pairs I will muck the suited connectors from all seats - Brunson may think differently - and I don't generally cold call with them without late position or the big blind even vs. theoretical open-raises, and when I call with them they can be one gappers too as the difference is small (75s and 54s is like I look at it).

- I don't rate to cold call (with position and out of the BB) with suited connectors that are under maybe a 45% line until they go under the (open-)raiser's minimums, so I am not dominated too often; in cases, I however might reraise with some of them.

- the subject of the SB has many opinions. I open with maybe 55% of the hands and raise them all (that sure is clear enough, no different from any other position). S&M and Negreanu will raise just the premium hands, e.g. Negreanu says that if he open-raises (vs. the BB who calls with a lot of hands) e.g. some crap ace, it doesn't get value on the flop and if it does it's -EV, so that's his argument against (he is also known more generally as a player who also limps preflop), and the S&M(almuth) think about the horror of being out of position (at limit holdem). (When playing 1:1 the BB (calls) is out of the position but he is not the one who will continue with the bet on the flop, so that's one difference to when the SB open-raises in ring games.)

- I don't cold call on the SB with small nor medium suited connectors like I do when I am on the BB or on late positions.

- what to call a 3-bet with when one open-raised - as far as I see if it's not vs. a big pair then suited connectors and high cards that are good enough often enough (AQ vs. AJ+ has to do), and all high suited hands (gambling) and more or less connected other cards, and all pocket pairs - (the pocket pairs basically against the big pairs too, not the suited connectors, not in my preflop strategy). The re-raise costs that much money that one doesn't has to call more often (and the opponents do not reraise all the time). Vs. a likely steal re-raise one has the option to raise it again.

- should one cold call or 3-bet is one subject; I refer to limit holdem though I am more likely to just cold call at nl-holdem vs. early open-raises when I have a slick hand. But I prefer to reraise the stealers with maybe the 55%+ slick hands, and basically the same goes for pocket pairs vs. all seats, no different from limit holdem other than there are some implied hands that do not need to fold when it's nl-holdem.

- preflop semi-bluff reraises could possibly be made with the first not good enough to call with hands, more vs. stealers who fold a lot.

- the BB's bluff-raise with the Sklansky T5 type of hands is not in my repertoire as one must steal the pot with them a very high percentage of the time in case it's not a big deal of what one holds, just some theoretical minor detail. I think many hands then play better by raising than by checking, e.g. XT when it's unsuited (and has no nut kickers) does not play very well in more or less multiway pots and out of position, so if I am going to make a raise from the BB as a bluff type, it will be with two unsuited high cards in case the quality of my hand matters at all.