Should I play ring games or 6max tables on FTP?

[magus]

I want to play small-mid stakes at FTP and hopefully move my way up to higher stakes, and it seems like there are a lot more options if you want to play at the 6-person tables rather than the 9-person tables. should this affect which tables i concentrate on playing on?

[dp13368]

6m > Full ring

[magus]

thanks for the response. is this because you get more hands per hour? or because the players are worse? or because there are more available tables? or all 3?

[cowboy.up]

i prefer the 6m over the FR because you get to see more hands per hour - if you're a winning player more hands = more profit. of course you can't be extremely tight since the blinds come around quicker but you do see a lot more hands, and better game selection.

[StukOnStupid]

i wasted some of the best years of my life playing full ring...

[magus]

thanks guys. so when you're datamining do you just datamine the 6m tables? whats the minimum number of players at the table for the data to be useful to a 6m player?

[WhoIam]

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thanks for the response. is this because you get more hands per hour? or because the players are worse? or because there are more available tables? or all 3?

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All 3. Also you get more rakeback as a result of playing more hands.

[DeuceSeven]

What stakes? If you're playing less then $50 NL then I would hit pokerstars and when you move up to $50, take advantage of FTP's 100% sign up bonus and use rakeback. I've found at the $10NL there are a lot of tags bonus whoring, the games seem a lot better at stars.

[magus]

thanks guys. oh im playing low limit (limit games).

[what23]

what is datamining?