Is NO LIMIT the new King of Hold'em?

RydenStoompala · #1 02-08-2005, 10:25 PM

Grinding it out at a $10-$20 game last night I noticed that the card room atmosphere has definitely changed. In a 20 table room there was 1 10-20 and 1 20-40. There were a dozen low-limit games and then there was the REAL games. The three tables spreading no-limit were packed and drawing a lot of attention. At the $500 buy-in right next to us, the dominant player was "coloring up" for greens and blacks because he couldn't count the reds. I did a quick count and guessed he was up about $7 thousand with new people jumping into the game against him every time someone busted out. It was insane. I saw three consecutive pots with + $1,500 in them. Sweet!

I'm noticing there are more and more NL games in the B+M rooms. Is this where the trend is going? Is limit becoming a bore?

Derek in NYC · #2 02-08-2005, 10:41 PM

In Essays 1, Mason Malmuth has written about the problems with NL holdem in terms of wiping out weak player bankrolls. NL cash games will not be here forever. The games are just too punishing on weaker players.

Photoc · #3 02-08-2005, 10:41 PM

...in my best Mike Sexton voice...

No Limit Holdem is the cadillac of poker.

Luv2DriveTT · #4 02-09-2005, 12:17 AM

With all due respect, I don't think anyone needs to ask this question. The answer is obvious, even if we don't want to belive it.

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afish · #5 02-09-2005, 12:21 AM

I wondered the same thing, but I've recently seen reports that the 1-2 and 5-10 no limit games in AC are starting to tighten up. I think that once the boom ends, these games will burn out.

Jurollo · #6 02-09-2005, 12:30 AM

I have a question for the person who asked this...
where have you been the last 2 years? under a rock?
~Justin

Autocratic · #7 02-09-2005, 12:33 AM

[ QUOTE ]
I have a question for the person who asked this...
where have you been the last 2 years? under a rock?
~Justin

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah....the kids (read: me) who started playing within the last couple of years all play no limit. They could barely recognize limit strategy.

afish · #8 02-09-2005, 12:34 AM

Based on what I've seen, I don't think they'd recognize no-limit strategy either.

Scorpion · #9 02-09-2005, 12:38 AM

Small capped buy-in No limit is the thing today. $100- $500 max Nl games are the new "limit" games.

zaxx19 · #10 02-09-2005, 01:34 AM

Hmm, when the 2+2-SSHLE-pokertracker 16 tablers begin to kill the low limit holdem tables and the loose action there, will LHE "dry up" ??

The problem with limit is it is correct strategy for profit taking(unless you are tremendously gifted) is clearly robotic online play on multiple tables with PT . ....of course that also sounds alot like work or just some rudimentary high school level stats homework to most people...including those who have recently been drawn into poker in the "boom" since the WPT aired.

There just isnt the romance in Limit like there is in NLH; the adrenaline of a huge pot, the big bluff, getting it all-in preflop with AA...the drama just isnt there.