Today, I have made the decision to return to playing full ring poker.
I have hit a ceiling at $50nl 6 max, the games at $100nl or higher are just rock solid and very hard to beat for anything resembling a decent winrate.
I think playing full ring, particularly away from Pokerstars (I'll be starting out at 888) there is more scope for moving up as the regs aren't as good and there is slightly more room at the tables for weaker players (on 888 at least - not sure if that holds true at other sites/networks).
I have been battling with 6 max for too long now and it is a constant struggle to motivate myself to log in and grind it out in games where the reg:fish ratio is at best 10:1 and in worst cases maybe 15:1.
All of my best poker results have come at full ring, be that when I have produced my best cash results, or in an MTT environment, most of which are played out at full ring tables until the latter stages.
IMO, speed poker is really killing the games. Regs are able to multiply themselves to a point where they can play 2k hph if they so desire and just obliterate the recreational players that dip their toes into the games. This isn't the case in full ring poker, as yes, there are still plenty of regulars but they fight less with each other than 6 max regs and focus more on playing solid poker rather than trying to outplay the whole table at every opportunity, which just makes the game easier to read, helps with confidence and motivation (at least for me).
I'm not sure what that leaves my twitch channel, as I feel many people won't be too interested in watching full ring games, particularly with tables overlapping etc..
However, playing and profiting is my main focus and if that means twitch has to go on the backburner, then that's just how it will have to be.
I look forward to posting some cool graphs in the coming months because that's what usually happens when I get the full ring grind going