My first day of 6max went pretty well.  I only played like 3k hands, but it was enough for me to feel comfortable.  Running in God mode always helps.  Unfortunately, the few tables of full ring I played was cooler after cooler.  I didn't make much money, but I'm pretty pleased overall.  It look me about an hour to get used to looking at the 6 max tables and my new HUD layout.  I probably averaged only 10 tables or so, but I'll slowly add as I feel more comfortable.  People seemed to be giving my bets a lot of credit - maybe my uber nit reputation from FR precedes me.  The play is definitely looser than 6handed on a full ring table.  The only annoying thing was how when a fish sat out, one or two players at the table would sit out as well.  Seriously, wtf is that?!?  You see that sometimes in full ring too, but you notice a lot more when the rest of the table is forced to play 3 handed.  Anyway, now I just need to get some hands in.

POKER

I was thinking about win rates the other day. Most of the good multitabling full ring regulars win at 2.5 to 4.0 big bets per 100 hands ("ptbb"). I just find it amazing that there is no ONE "right" way to play. There are so many different playing styles that can achieve those win rates. You can play anywhere from 10-35% of hands, have a pre flop raise of 6 to 25%, 3bet 2 to 8%, and have an aggression factor of 1.5 to 5. Most people gravitate towards playing 15/11/4/3, but there are definitely plenty of differences in playing styles among the regulars.
I strongly believe that if someone were to "put everything together", it is possible to win at 6-8 ptbb or higher in the full ring game. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone's been able to beat 2/4 for better than 4 ptbb or so. Not sure if this is because people who are good inevitably move to 6max (because there aren't many full ring games past 5/10), so there's a sample bias. Or people stop trying once they get above 3 or 4 ptbb because that's the best anyone's done.

It's amazing to me that all the good players are clustered around this range.  1ptbb is winning 2 big blinds per 100 hands.  That's basically stealing an extra set of blinds every 8 orbits, or light 3 betting successfully every 25 orbits, 3 barreling someone with air every 60 orbits, making a good river laydown every 130 orbits, etc.  You get the idea. It's just amazing to me there isn't more variability in winnings.

Poker is a zero sum game, with more losers than winners because of the rake. This was the case 5 years ago when the games were "good," and this is the case now.  As players get better, it'll be interesting to see if win rates start converging to zero (as some fear), or if the standouts at each level will still rise above the pack.