This article will show you how to use Oranges 6Plus Calculator to study the game of 6+ Hold’em / Short Deck. It’s currently the best and most advanced equity tool for the game, and comes at a price of $50. If you are familiar with tools like Flopzilla and Pro Poker Tools, you should have some understanding of how to use an equity calculator, but in this article we will start from the very basics and move on to more advanced features.
GGPoker launched Short Deck / 6+ in November, 19 and it’s played somewhat different from what you might have played on other poker rooms. A major change is that you can only buy-in for 50 antes. No more, no less. Playing 50a deep is very different strategically compared to 100a or more, so to help you all adapt, our coach has made a one hour video, where he explains how to play Short Deck on GGPoker.
This article walks you through the theory of bluffing and semi-bluffing in 6+ Hold’em.
After a lot of interest in our first volume of the Starting Hand Chart and a good deal of positive feedback, we have finally finished a more advanced preflop guide on how to play your hands when facing either an open raise or an isolation raise meaning there has been limp(s) and an ISO raise.
Ever since Short Deck poker has been offered online, there hasn’t been many options besides Poker Stars and Party Poker. Some private clubs on Asian poker apps have offered Short Deck, but it isn’t really accessible for the average player.
The tips below are general guidelines for the game Six Plus Hold’em / Shortdeck to get you started.
Beginners and experienced players alike are often unsure of what hands should be played preflop. In Six Plus Hold’em where hand equities run close it’s not so obvious if a hand is strong enough to be played or not.
If you’ve given Six Plus Hold’em a shot at e.g. PokerStars you might have noticed that your software for tracking like Hold’em Manager 2 or PokerTracker doesn’t support the new game properly. If so, it might be a good time to change to one of the next generation of HUD and poker tracking software.
Since Six Plus Hold’em is usually played in such a different format, beginners can often make the mistakes of using their opening sizes of a regular NLH game in 6+. A solid strategy for raise sizes isn’t too apparent. How big should you raise first-in or when 3-betting? When to limp/shove?