Why play limit instead of NL?

[TheTimeIsUp]

I have weighed the pros and cons of playing limit rather than NL for a while, but I just don't see why it is a better idea to do it. The only reason I can see is that limit takes less skill and the risks are much smaller...I need some input here!

[sin808]

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limit takes less skill

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sorry, but imo this is just wrong. It requires a different skill set, yes...but not less.

Play whichever game you prefer, no one is twisting your arm to play one over the other. Which do you like better? pick one and play it. Once you learn one, learn the other..hell, learn to play as many games well as you can.

[balkii]

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that limit takes less skill and the risks are much smaller...

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amazing how much one can get wrong in a single sentence. Limit is often considered a harder game than NL(if you don't believe me, ask Mason).

Limit is also known to have much larger fluctuations than NL.

[TheTimeIsUp]

Alright, thank you for pointing on my mistakes, but can you please respond to the question?..

I was thinking of eventually playing limit, just thinking if I need to do it sooner or later

[ctv1116]

Obviously limit takes a different set of poker skills than NL. The reasons to play limit is that limit poker at the higher limits are regularly available online, there is more information about how to play limit.

[eagletmr]

In my opinion limit requires much more skill, and has bigger fluctuations. You don't lose or win a whole stack in one hand, no. But it requires a completely different set of skills. Limit poker in the loose online games is very draw intensive, which requires a lot of skill in calculation and estimating future action in the hand, and so forth, and can also lead to very very large swings when you are hitting everything and when you are hitting nothing. But play what you prefer, I have friends that do limit, friends that do NL, and friends that do both, and they are all profitable. Wherever you feel comfortable and pay the bills.

[eagletmr]

To answer your question, I prefer limit because there is so much more bad limit play online, there is more information on how to play it correctly, and is more consistently profitable in the long run. It's also much easier to multi-table, 5, 6, or even 7 tables, to increase hourly rate.

[TheTimeIsUp]

Thanks for the feedback, that's very helpful.

Do you have to loosen your play a ton on limit, since you said you can't win a whole stack on any one hand?
Also, isn't it less profitable in a few ways? Like...making people pay to see draws, etc.

[PokerGoblin]

Limit and NL both apply the same poker principles, I think the main difference is the fact that ideals such as position and pot odds have different levels of importance.

Yes there's more info on limit, but that's supposedly about to change. Limit has less intricacies than NL, as they say, there's no limit like no limit.

Personally, I SUCK at limit poker, at least online I do. In casinos and home games I have fared alright. I much prefer NL, though. There's nothing like setting a guy all in on a stone cold bluff.

Not that I EVER bluff.

PG

[TheGrifter]

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that limit takes less skill and the risks are much smaller...

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amazing how much one can get wrong in a single sentence. Limit is often considered a harder game than NL(if you don't believe me, ask Mason).

Limit is also known to have much larger fluctuations than NL.

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Are you sure about that? (to both statements)