Limit Hold'em books for NL Hold'em

[Boylermaker]

I will disagree with some of the previous comments in that I believe many of the books mentioned would be a good read for a player who primarily plays no-limit. While there are most definitely some strategical considerations to consider when differentiating between limit and no-limit (and for that matter, tournament vs. cash games); that is, some strategies useful in one form may be more or less useful in the other. However, poker is poker, whether its limit or no-limit. And the general theory(s) of poker doesn't change. Reading/studying/learning good books that may be geared more towards limit play will make you a better player (along with the required expereince of course), and that will help you whether you play limit, no-limit, or whatever.

[cowboyzfan]

this question comes up fairly often. It seems that there has been more quality information written on limit hold'em as compared to NL. Anyone want to comment on that?

Also, TOP is "IT" and will always be "IT". How can it ever be not usefull? Most books tell you what to do, TOP tells you why.

[AncientPC]

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this question comes up fairly often. It seems that there has been more quality information written on limit hold'em as compared to NL. Anyone want to comment on that?

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Limit is a more popular game as far as B&M casinos are concerned.

NL is more popular among the younger generation who have watched it on WSOP or WPT.

[el_grande]

Normally not, but in an extremely passive NL home game you can use limit strategy because people are basically playing limit. Lots of minimum raises and calls.

[Desdia72]

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this question comes up fairly often. It seems that there has been more quality information written on limit hold'em as compared to NL. Anyone want to comment on that?

Also, TOP is "IT" and will always be "IT". How can it ever be not usefull? Most books tell you what to do, TOP tells you why.

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the "WHY" for that form of poker, then i would have found it more useful. i don't feel this is a good book to be recommending for someone who plays NL SNGs almost exclusively. TOP lacks the "specialist" approach that i'm looking for in the game situations i play in NL SNGs. why would i wanna hear about how game theory situations that apply to draw or stud poker when i play NL?

[cowboyzfan]

First of all, i don't blame you for wanting more NL info, particularly sit and goes. Just like i wish SSH focused on the small stakes internet game specifically (not that it does not apply).

however, i still think that TOP is usefull to all forms of poker. I am not a poker theory expert by any means, but i can see that the chapter on Game Theory can apply to all forms of poker.

Isn't the gist of the Game Theory chapter if a player feels that his opponent is superior and able to make better reads or pick up tells, that the player can always use game theory to do things such as decide when to bluff? This makes the bluff decision totally random and theoretically, unreadable. Why can this be applied to Razz, draw, and limit hold'em but not the vaunted NL Hold'em?

anyway, good luck finding the info you are searching for,i have an entire library at this point. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]



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the "WHY" for that form of poker, then i would have found it more useful. i don't feel this is a good book to be recommending for someone who plays NL SNGs almost exclusively. TOP lacks the "specialist" approach that i'm looking for in the game situations i play in NL SNGs. why would i wanna hear about how game theory situations that apply to draw or stud poker when i play NL?

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