Sebastien,
The only thing I would recommend is that if you start playing a lot of HU like you mentioned, it just might ruin your other games.
I used to play a lot of 10 player SNG's, until about 4 years ago when I found myself making the money a lot, but going out in 2nd or 3rd a lot more often than first. The problem was my HU game, so I started playing a lot of HU tournaments. I was pretty bad at the beginning, which only inspired me more to get good at it. Before I knew it I was crushing smaller ($5-30) HU tournaments. Once I got really good at HU, my SNG and large field tournament skills went down the toilet. You get used to being in every hand, playing any two cards, never believing your opponent has anything, always believing you can bet them out of it etc, etc..
I think that in order to maximize your profits in HU, you almost need to specialize in it. There is a rythm and a focus to HU that there isn't in any other game. With HU there are only two major factors involved. One is position. The second one is finding a way to beat this opponent. In a 6 or 10 player cash game, there are 5-9 players to figure out, more positions to play, bigger hands being made etc..
To win at HU, you need to focus on how to beat every different type of player, test your opponent, figure out how he plays, and use your experience to destroy him. When you take that same, aggressive attitude to a 6-10 player table, you'll be the one getting crushed as you'll try too hard to win every hand, walking into lots of big hands.
On the other hand, if you play 70% 6-10 player tables, then play 30% HU, you'll play too passively at HU. Although there are a few wizards out there that may be able to adjust there game on a dime, most of us aren't good enough to go back and forth between those two styles while maximizing their profits at both.
There's less difference between a 10 player SNG and a 200 player tournament than there is between a 10 player SNG and HU. In a 10 player SNG and in 200 player tournaments, you're still playing 9 opponents at a time. There are tournament strategies that are different of course, but the game itself isn't terribly different. There is a huge difference between having 9 opponents and having just one.
So, my point is, if you go to HU with the idea of beating the game, stay loyal to HU and play other stuff for entertainment only, and at lower stakes.
If you play 70% 10 player tables and 30% HU, unless you're one of those wizkids, expect to lose at HU against more focused HU players.
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