Do any of the other limit only players just hate NL poker?

The-Matador · #1 02-24-2005, 11:27 PM

I really can't stand no limit at all. I'm not terrible at it, but that's because I am basically a nut peddler. I just find it incredibly dull. Everyone is just sort of sitting around waiting for a big hand, and the numbers of hands I can play profitably are so severely limited that I end up being bored as hell.

I'm not trying to insult the NL players, but I am wondering if my feelings are common. I find limit really interesting, with cool strategic decisions to be made in many hands. Big NL strategic decisions tend to be always heads up and of the "is my big hand better than his big hand" variety, which is, frankly, often just a coin flip online.

Anyways, I think I'd like to be a really good NL player at some point in my life, but I don't think I could really put in the time to become so. Just too blah. Thoughts and flames?

greg nice · #2 02-25-2005, 12:05 AM

im trying to learn limit poker as im mainly a NL player. ive found limit fairly easy so far..

perhaps try 6max NL games where you can play more hands and face more decisions.

VBM · #3 02-25-2005, 12:11 AM

as a ring game, i don't think it's fun either.

tourneys w/ friends are fun tho.

Stork · #4 02-25-2005, 12:25 AM

pssssh.

And you call yourself the-matador.

Greg J · #5 02-25-2005, 12:59 AM

I like NL tournaments. You can't afford to wait as much.

For ring game I prefer limit.

GFtheMamba · #6 02-25-2005, 01:03 AM

Well, I have the opposite view. I am a mainly NL player, and I just can't seem to slow down for Limit ring-games or tournaments. It just seems that too many people chase too many hands because there isn't the risk that you may lose all of your chips in one hand. Maybe it just my make-it or break-it mentality that prevents me from liking Limit games [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

emonrad87 · #7 02-25-2005, 01:38 AM

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It just seems that too many people chase too many hands because there isn't the risk that you may lose all of your chips in one hand.

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You DO realize this is a good thing.

Right?

Justin A · #8 02-25-2005, 01:40 AM

You haven't played enough deep stack NL. I agree about the stupid Party capped buyin games. Live deep stacked NL can be much more exciting and fun than limit.

edtost · #9 02-25-2005, 02:08 AM

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Big NL strategic decisions tend to be always heads up and of the "is my big hand better than his big hand" variety, which is, frankly, often just a coin flip online.

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while these hands often wind up as coin flips over time, being able to play one pair well is often the difference between making a little and making a lot. those hands, while being smaller pots, also tend to be more interesting.

fimbulwinter · #10 02-25-2005, 02:32 AM

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I really can't stand no limit at all.

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I'm not terrible at it, but that's because I am basically a nut peddler.

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the numbers of hands I can play profitably are so severely limited that I end up being bored as hell.

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Big NL strategic decisions tend to be of the "is my big hand better than his big hand" variety, which is, frankly, often just a coin flip online.

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Anyways, I think I'd like to be a really good NL player at some point in my life, but I don't think I could really put in the time to become so.

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how's the kiddie pool?

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