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[QUOTE="sam1chips, post: 2247984, member: 89277"]
I'm not quite sure what you're referring to here...

If you are talking about your chances of getting a certain hand (say, pocket aces), then you're right.  You have the same chances of getting dealt AA if you are at a table of 2 people or are at a table with 20.

However, if you're sitting at a 6-handed table and 3 of the players are sitting out, you should absolutely change the way you are playing, for mathematical purposes...

For example, if you are playing at a [U]regular[/U] 6-handed table and all 6 players are playing, then (theoretically) you are supposed to win 1 in every 6 hands.  So you should adjust your opening hand ranges to include all of the hands that you think you should play if you are trying to win 1 in every 6 hands.

However, if you are sitting at a 6-handed table and there are 3 people that are sitting out, then [I]ultimately[/I] it is a 3 handed table.  Sure, the players sitting out are going to get cards, but if they are just going to automatically fold to the big blind/raises, then they are ultimately not in the hand.  So you're now ultimately playing at a table where only 3 players have a chance to win the pot, and now (theoretically) you are supposed to win 1 in every 3 hands, and should widen your opening hand ranges to include more cards than if you were playing with 6 people and only trying to win 1 in every 6 hands.

I could be wrong as well, but that's at least how I interpret it.  Does that makes sense?
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