love limit poker

[treydru21 0]

Do you guys tend to play Limit or NL poker. See I always always played NL before, because I'll be honest, I first became interested after watching on TV. Also I never had a bankroll to play any higher limit poker. But boy has my mind changed. I just started playing limit 1/2 and have made over $120 playing just 2 sessions at 1 1/2 hrs each. I never though you could make any cash playing such low limits. But damn those guys will call your raises all the way down with mid pair to your nut flush. It is insane. So I was just wondering what you all think, I assume it is tougher the higher you go. But where I am at right now I am loving it.....

[UglyJimStudly 0]

Do you guys tend to play Limit or NL poker.

I prefer limit poker for cash games. No-limit is fun for tournaments, but in cash games I prefer to keep the variance down a bit. I also find there's usually more room for post-flop play in limit games, since many no-limit players these days go all-in as soon as the odds are favourable. Of course, the sort of plays you can make in limit are much more... limited.

But boy has my mind changed. I just started playing limit 1/2 and have made over $120 playing just 2 sessions at 1 1/2 hrs each. I never though you could make any cash playing such low limits.

That's a pretty darn good take for a couple of sessions, but it's probably not sustainable in the long run. Bad players are often comfortable tossing away a lot more money in limit than in no-limit, since they lose their chips over a series of hands instead of just one or two big hands, but eventually even bad players hit some hands.

[randomization 0]

The first caution is that 3 hours of play isn't very substantial. If you keep playing limit, you'll have some huge wins and some huge losses, because sometimes those players calling you to the end hit their hands. Some days, it'll seem like they're always hitting their hands. I'd recommend limit holdem because there is often an obvious right or wrong answer, which makes evaluating your play much easier. In limit you often can clearly say "I did the wrong thing, I need to work on that aspect of my game." I've been playing exclusively limit for awhile because I think it's what'll best help me to learn the game. In NL, there's a lot of relatively intangible factors that you have to weigh when making a decision. Once you get good enough, you'll usually know (if only in retrospect) what the right decision was. For new players (which can include people who've played for years) it's too easy to create a rationalization of why your play was correct, and if you keep doing that you never learn. Also, yes, it really is possible to make good money playing limit. There's a lot of people on these forums who are making 2-5 BB/100 hands at either low limits or micro-limits. One poster apparently makes his living simultaneously playing several tables of $3/6.

[KDawgCometh 2]

I like limit for cash games too. The only big bet cash game that I like to play is PLO. I find that it takes a lot more skill to win at limit over the long run. The thing with no limit is that your mistakes can be covered up by hitting a hand hard and doubling up

[markii 0]

lol, who wouldn't love limit after winning that in 3 hours of play.

[treydru21 0]

I understand you dont judge results off of 3 hours, and I actually did take a terrible beat, but that was playing 2/4 for about 90 bucks with KK and guy chased the A and caught on the river. But my thing is I am watching even the hands I am not involved with and these people are playing it all the way down, with garbage. I think if I just stay patient, I will make large profits, off of the chasers. And the best part is, that even the losses are limited. So I just wait catch a nice hand then get paid off

[deviper 0]

Do you guys tend to play Limit or NL poker. See I always always played NL before, because I'll be honest, I first became interested after watching on TV. Also I never had a bankroll to play any higher limit poker. But boy has my mind changed. I just started playing limit 1/2 and have made over $120 playing just 2 sessions at 1 1/2 hrs each. I never though you could make any cash playing such low limits. But damn those guys will call your raises all the way down with mid pair to your nut flush. It is insane. So I was just wondering what you all think, I assume it is tougher the higher you go. But where I am at right now I am loving it.....

well im glad you had some luck in those 2 sessions but baleave me bud it wont last. In low limit holdem its hard to make money but not imposible.its alot harder to make a decent amout in lowlimit holdem. well best of luck to you. gl

[Petoria 0]

The problem with online poker is that you can get stretched too thin playing 3 or even 4 tables at a time and it doesn't allow you to make reads on players and pick up on what they play. If you stick to watching the players at your table and how they play, you can be a consistent winner online. I like playing limit, but a queestion was asked to Howard Lederer on full tilt as to which has more consistent winners limit or no limit. Everyone figured that there are more consistently good limit players because the variance is low, but he thought that there are more consistent no limit players because the game takes so much more skill to play, and makes up for the large variance.

[treydru21 0]

I guess I should have included that I was a very up and down NL player, got sucked out on alot, which is why I like limit. Because even if I get sucked out on it is for 10 bucks and not $100. Tired of feeling like a horrible player when I know I got my money in with the best hand.

[UglyJimStudly 0]

I find that it takes a lot more skill to win at limit over the long run.

I dunno about that, I just think limit and no-limit each emphasize different parts of the poker skillset. For example, reading is important in any game, but it's utterly critical in no-limit while in limit you can often get away with bad reads since you're not usually putting your whole stack on the line. And OTOH, pot-building skills are also important in both games, but it's much easier to do in no-limit where you just need to convince one person to bet hefty when they're beat; in limit, you usually need to sucker three or four people to get out in front of their cards in order to build a really juicy pot.

[Wilderness 0]

I find that it takes a lot more skill to win at limit over the long run.

I dunno about that, I just think limit and no-limit each emphasize different parts of the poker skillset. For example, reading is important in any game, but it's utterly critical in no-limit while in limit you can often get away with bad reads since you're not usually putting your whole stack on the line. And OTOH, pot-building skills are also important in both games, but it's much easier to do in no-limit where you just need to convince one person to bet hefty when they're beat; in limit, you usually need to sucker three or four people to get out in front of their cards in order to build a really juicy pot.

Yeah, I agree, I don't believe one game is any harder or easier, but they require different play and thinking. Personally I enjoy NL more, and since I play for fun and just to make a little money, that's what I play. Limit is more about pushing small edges all the time. NL is about getting the most out of your large edges when you have them.

[Smasharoo 0]

That's a pretty darn good take for a couple of sessions, but it's probably not sustainable in the long runGee, you think so? You mean 20BB an hour isn't sustainble?

[ahosang 0]

Try pot-limit hold'em. That's a good game. They play from $0.50 blinds to $4 blinds on Party.