Limit vs No Limit Holdem?

David-21 · 01-05-2010 09:23PM #1

So ive started playing poker online just recently.888 and Titan poker.com. Have played quite a bit of poker but am new to online. Obv any home games i play in are no limit and i was never really aware of limit but have read a few books and a lot of them seem to be about limit.

I myself want to get a very good grounding in the fundamentals of the game, i play sports and see poker as quite similar in that the more i study/practice the better i will be (within reason). To that end i think that limit is the game for me for the meantime but i would like to see this turn into a small money maker for me.As limit games are much looser i guess the question is why is no limit the preferred choice for people and should i forget about limit as a source of income?

TommyGunne · 02-05-2010 12:39PM

No limit is simply just more popular. More action and the possiblity of bigger winrates. Its "sexy" too.

Limit games have dried up an awful lot in the past 2-5 years as well. Games have gotten much tougher as limit hold'em is much more easily solvable than no limit, and AFAIK, is easily tractable mathematically, and as the fish pool dries up and moves to the sexy game, your just left with regs at the mid to high levels.

That being said, limit is a very fun game, and is a very good way to learn the fundamentals of the game. TBH, I wish I learned the game playing limit. I think it would have given me a much better grounding.

By all means learn limit. Just don't expect to stay in limit and make good money unless you learn the other limit games pretty well too (ie HORSE, 8-game.)

Limit vs No Limit Holdem?

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