So I have been playing some FL 6-max lately and picked up "Winning In Tough Hold 'em Games" and "Limit Hold'em: winning short-handed strategies".
As for the "first in opening ranges" I think they come quite close, except for playing the small blind first in.
Winning In Tough Games says that you can have a "default" 62% range when first in, SB. While "winning short-handed strategies" says you should play tighter in the SB than on the BTN, and promotes an 32%-36% range, where the 36% is the "expert" hands.
I know there are many different ways of playing, but for these books who both have kind of similar playing styles with a lot of solid advice to have such a different view on playing the small blind is kind of strange for me.
What is your take on this? What's your range from the SB and why?

i think a reasonable default strategy is to open about the same otb as you would in the sb. you can then alter your ranges based on who's in the blinds and how they play

welcome to the forums btw

I haven't read the books but I assume the reasoning behind playing 32%from the SB would be because you are out of position. A strong player would be able to easily exploit you if they knew you were opening very wide out of position, so it really depends on who your playing. Against a loose player it makes more sense to raise 30% or so but against a tight player you will just be giving away free money. Look through the last few pages of the "short handed limit holdem stats thread". A lot of really useful info in there

32% is way too tight. Most people can play wider than their btn open.

Yep

nope

winning short-handed strategies is outdated in this