New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

i know that a lot of information is already available on this topic, but in my case, the choice is hard to make

i read in some different places that it's strongly recommended to choose between limit and no limit, and that limit is more recommended

i'm playing poker since 2 months so far, live and play money
my "live" experience is some free tournaments, which means some weird moves from some people

for the online part, i'm planning to deposit 50$ very soon on pokerstars, it's a tiny bankroll, but it's the only sum that i can afford to lose, and that i won't be afraid to lose whatever can happen, i noticed that it was something really important

so far i own 3 books, TOP, LGB and HOH1.
i know that my choices weren't the more accurate, but that's it

knowing that i'll continue to play those free tournaments, that i want to start playing real money online, and that i'm ready to study the game and slowly advance in a secured way through the different steps, i need some advice from you guys on what attitude to adopt

thanks, and sorry for my poor english, i'll post more details if necessary, thanks again for your help

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

Welcome.

While I used to recommend limit over no-limit hold'em just due to the amount of study material available, I've changed my tune. There is now plenty of good information available for both structures.

So, given the books you already own, you could go down the NL path easily. Read and post in the strategy forums here, and don't play above the micros for now.

Good luck.

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

Read No Limit Hold 'Em, Theory and Practice & Phil Gordon's Little Green Book. Become a regular participant in the forum. Start at .01/.02 NL and work up slowly from there.

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

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Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

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Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

Horses for courses. I started with limit. Bonuses are generally easier to clear, individual errors tend to be less costly. Limit is very maths based and teaches you a lot about starting hands, position, pot odds. Bluffing is less of an issue. On the whole I tend to think of limit as a "safer" environment for picking up the basics (including putting people on hands and reading boards).

If you want to play limit you need Small Stakes Hold Em (possibly preceeded by Getting Started in Hold'em) both 2+2 titles.

If you want to play no limit, micro tournaments may be a better bet than cash games - again you are minimising risk. I'd tend to go for S&Gs rather than MTTs. HOH1 is an excellent book for tournament play, but you ought to think about HOHII as soon as you can afford it.

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

I would go with Limit. You have a greater chance of being a winner in Limit then NL.

It's a personal style thing thoough.

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

NL gets the bitches.

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

Limit cash, super-micros and freeroll tourneys.

Stay away from NL cash for now (at least until you've read and understood "No limit Holdem - Theory and practice".

Re: New player choice : Limit or No Limit (special case)
 

Thank you for asking this question, I'm also new to the game and have started on limit amd armed myself with Getting Started In Holdem and Small Stakes Holdem.