Limit actually does have a greater variance. This is because in NL bluffing is a much greater factor, and thus you are playing your opponent more and your cards less. This means that in NL you could theoretically have the worst hand every time but still make money. In limit, however, you can't do much to overcome these bad runs, so you just have to roll with the bigger swings.

While I can't stand limit, I agree that playing many types of poker is probably the best way to go.

thats a good first post.

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hmmm very good help guys cheers, tbh ive tried limit and while i was in with limit i was always thinking
" hmm i thought poker was more of a game where you could win and loose in a instant"
abit more dynamic i guess....and all i hear is good stuff about how interesting and advantagous for the hard worker, the cadilac of poker, all majour tourneys use it and its where the money is, you have more tools to use against the noobs nl is etc etc

The other reason is i have much more of a strategic thinking (business if you like) brain than a mathmatical (accountant brain) so im guessing i may work better at nl..time will tell

Although i was just finding my feet in limit and actually starting to kick some arse at the lower limits.

The only thing is i found out that reading opponents cards is a huge part of NL, so how does online play affect this, i guess your basing you judgments more on how much and how aggresivly (or not) they bet in previous round (eg pf for example) and what type of player they are in general. This correct?

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If you play on a certain site regularly, take loads of notes about your opponents and how they act in certain situations. In live games tells come more in to play, but online it's more about their patterns of betting.

by patterns of betting do you mean like if 2 people in the hand and the other guy raises pf and the flop comes say 3-6-2 off suit then your gonna have a good idea it didn't hit him cos he possibly wouldn't have raised pf...
(it just gives you an idea)

Or is there more to it?


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Yes that. But i meant more, if you play with certain players a few times, you get to know how much they tend to bet with certain hands. just for example, if he raises preflop, if he hits does he usually bet out? How much? How does this differ to if he misses? i.e will he put in a soft bet to see where he's at, or will he still put in %50 if he misses.

How does he play when he's on a draw? Does he play them strongly, i.e go all in or bet heavily, or does he wait till he hits.

Just things like that you can make notes on, then you can get better reads on what he/she has.

IMO there is not much bluffing involved at low level NL, as most of the people are so loose they will call anyways. If you stick to solid starting hands, and use pot odds properly, the very basics of poker, you can be a winner at the lower levels. I dunno about the higher levels though as I haven t got there yet.

Sorry to hijack but WTF IS SSH?

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I personally prefer no limit to limit. I would pay attention to the feedback about NL having significant variance in the short run but less variance over a long period of time. Many players can't deal with the idea of lossing an entire stack to a player who hits their flush draw after an allin.

BTW, because of the nature of no limit play, I feel much more in control. If I suspect my opponent is on a draw, I can really make him pay to make that draw!

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