Cash games are where the really big money is won and lost in poker. And with deep stacks and short-handed aggressive games there’s plenty of potential for ending up in difficult spots. Most players nowadays like six-max cash games where a lot of raising and re-raising happens before the flop and the money can easily end up in the middle after it.

Playing in the same games also means that a lot of ‘history’ can develop between players and in one of the $10/$20 games that I play there are a number of regulars who like to be in control of the game.