Skill in Limit vs NL

[thejameser]

i think the primary difference is that you cannot protect your hands on the flop as well. the flop bet in structured limit is two-tiered, that is the first two rounds are 1/2 the size of the second two rounds. for this reason an expert limit player must make more creative plays to protect his hand on the flop to maintian/maximize his winrate over his playing time. also, the swings in Limit are much more difficult to overcome in the short-term which can prove to frustrate even the most experienced poker player if patience and not just understanding, but accepting the variance of the game and the amount that short term luck plays in the situation.

[trentk269]

The toughest part of limit is knowing how to push a small edge just hard enough, without inadvertently bumping up the pot odds that wind up justifying calls by the chasers. The second hardest part is watching a chaser stay in for two or more raises and draw out on you when you're holding a top pair or trips. I do think that lots of marginal call situations come up in limit that simply don't exist in NL due to the fact that the leader will usually bump up the betting and force your come hands out.

On the other hand, I've seen lots of NL players (usually new) that bump it up without thinking of what their opponent might be calling with. This is a tough skill to master, too- which is why, I suspect, only a handful of players make it to the pro level (and why so much of the pro game is NL).

[Snoogins47]

This argument is nigh impossible to actually answer.

Against very bad players, there's no doubt that NL is a much easier game. I don't think this can even come close to being argued.

Other than that, NL players on the snobby side of life vastly underestimate the skill FL takes, and FL players on the snobby side vastly underestimate the skill NL takes.