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Why not Limit Poker?
The focus of this forum is exclusively NL holdem. How come
there is no discussion of limit sit and gos? I never play limit hold 'em, neither cash ring games nor tournaments. But today, by mistake I was 4 tabling and I noticed to my chagrin that I had registered for a $33 LIMIT sit and go. OK. So I paid my money and I had to make the best of it against the limit pros. Let me tell you, I was absoulutely floored at just how weak this table was. It struck me as much weaker than the $33 NL sit and go. I managed to work my way to 2nd place as a 4 to 1 chip underdog, and I ended up competely destroying my opponent. Like he had no clue how to deal with aggression on the end. I ended up taking 1st place in a game I never play. How come more people on this forum don't play limit sit and gos? Suerte, Jonathan |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
I only play Limit SNGs and it seems like there is always one player who says how awful it is and he/she got into it by mistake.
I guess NL SNGers can't read. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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I only play Limit SNGs and it seems like there is always one player who says how awful it is and he/she got into it by mistake. I guess NL SNGers can't read. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Au contraire! Its LIMIT SNGers who can't WRITE! At least, I see very few limit hand histories here. Suerte, Jonathan |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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I only play Limit SNGs and it seems like there is always one player who says how awful it is and he/she got into it by mistake. I guess NL SNGers can't read. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] lol, I occaisonly play stud(8) sngs (they are sooo easy compared to limit or nl - but even slower than limit HE and horrible for $/rate).. and there is often 2-3 people who meant to join a stud sng and even an idiot every now and then who meant to join a NLHE sng |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
Harder to win pots with the worst hand in limit. And the key to making money in SnGs is to win more than your fair share of hands.
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
First of all, limit is boring
Also, SNG limit seems like a pretty strange idea anyhow. The first few rounds where the blinds are so low, its almost not worth the trouble of playing anything except ultrapremium hands, if all you can win is t100. Correct me if i'm wrong, but don't they also take a lot longer to finish, since theres no all-in until your stack is shorter than a bet? Seems like theres a much better hourly rate to be made in NL. I cant really talk much, i havent played limit in a long time, and only once did i play a limit STT (also by accident) but as i recall, it was terribly boring. Perhaps if anybody with much experience playing limit STTs could enlighten us as to the good reasons why anyone would play them? |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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First of all, limit is boring [/ QUOTE ] People that play limit say NL is boring. |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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[ QUOTE ] First of all, limit is boring [/ QUOTE ] People that play limit say NL is boring. [/ QUOTE ] Well, we don't take kindly to them. "ooh, look at me and my 2.5 BB/hr! I'm just crushing the game!" meh |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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Well, we don't take kindly to them. "ooh, look at me and my 2.5 BB/hr at 100/200! I'm just crushing the game!" meh [/ QUOTE ] FYP |
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Re: Why not Limit Poker?
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First of all, limit is boring [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, you actually have to, like, play post-flop and stuff. Who wants to do that? The fact is the ability to control the pot odds you give your opponent gives a much larger edge to a good player in no limit than limit. Since there is an ample supply of NL SnG's available at the moment it only makes sense that a good player would play the NL SnG vs a limit SnG when available to take advantage of this greater edge. Limit ring games are popular in casinos because it strikes the right balance between luck/skill to allow good players to make money, but keep the fish playing. With the popularity of WPT, etc. NL in casinos is making a comeback, but whether that will continue remains to be seen. |
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