Which Format is Best for Going Pro? (Online and B&M)

[Tony_P]

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I've always been under the impression that when people said that NL has lower variance than limit, what they really meant was that for stakes that will produce approximately the same winrate, NL will have the lower variance. In other words, even though .5/1NL has the same blinds as 1/2 limit, they are not considered to be "equivalent" because a good NL player will be able to win much more at .5/1NL than a good limit player will at 1/2 limit. The rough equivalent to 1/2 limit might be .25/.5NL, for instance. In that case, it's more fair to compare the variance of 1/2 limit to the variance of .25/.5NL. I don't play NL, so I am not sure that this is accurate, but that's what I've taken out of the variance comparisons. Is this correct, Tony?

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Yes, it is my point thatwhile a .5/1 NL Game and a 1/2 Limit game both have blinds of .5/1, the .5/1 Limit game is a higher stakes game.