Why should I play NL?

[trumpman84]

The reasons why I switched from limit to no limit was BECAUSE I though limit was mind numbingly boring. I can make about the same in both limit and no limit but I really have to sit there and force myself to play 3-4 hour of limit while no limit I can play for 3-4 hours and not even notice that long has passed.

In limit, you have so few options and so limited creativity for any hand you play. You can't set up a well planned, sophisticated trap that you started working on hundreds of hands before you actually set the trap. and have your opponent unknowingly walk into it and get stacked because it will only cost them one more bet. By the same token, you can't call a bet on a earlier street to set up a bluff when you know your opponent is weak because it will only cost them 1-2 more bet to see your hand if they think you are bluffing.

You have very limited control of the pot size in limit...if you have a strong hand and want to play a big pot, you have to hope your opponent starts raising you, but if you have a vulnerable one pair hand and want to play a small pot, you have to almost always bet anyway and watch the pot get out of control as 4-5 people call you so they will get corrects odds to chase your one pair all the way to the river...I'm not saying this isn't profitable for you, but the purpose of poker is to have your opponents make incorrect decisions and when the pot is 25BB and your opponent only has to call 1 BB to see another card, he can't make too many incorrect plays.

So many more situations, so much more creativity, so much more freedom in no limit which is why it is my game of choice.

Not to say limit is a bad game, but computer bots can play limit and show a profit which shows how uncreative and monotonous that game is.