NL v. limit

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I think for many NL players its not a power thing. There are simply more tools in the shed for a NL player when compared to limit due to non-restrictive betting, leading to larger winrates and a larger gulf in skill between good and bad players.

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IMO the gulf in skill between good and bad players is WAY larger in limit. In the long run, a poor limit player is in far more trouble against a superior limit player than a poor NL player is against a poor NL player. In limit, the poorer player has no way to reduce the edge the superior player has in post-flop play, which he can eliminate in NL simply by going all-in. In the end, he will be crushed.

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This is all dependent on how long of a time period we are talking. If you are talking a one time HU match, then you probably are correct, provided the noob NL player was smart enough to realize the strategy you bring up, which is debatable since he is supposedly a poor player. Even so, a good NL could adjust and still maintain a large edge. If it were a series of matches, or some other scenario that is more drawn out, the edge of the NL player is much larger than that of the limit player over weaker competition. There is really no question that the BB/100 of the NL player would be higher.