Re: The future of limit poker
Game states fluctuate. If the popularity dies down and/or the games dry up because the fish go broke too fast, then limit games may pick up momentum again.
Don't be too concerned w/ limit games dying, if LHE is your specialty, because plenty of skills are transferable/general in poker.
If you like to tilt on a relatively frequent basis, then you should play limit forms of poker.
Limit is probably a better game to play as a beginner since NL is more complicated. It's likely that there will be plenty of limit games to play in if you shop around, so it's not a waste of time if you do choose to go down the LHE route.
Another aspect of limit vs NL is what kind of downside variance you enjoy more: Chinese water torture or French guillotine.
It's hard to deny that NL is more profitable but I stick to focusing on LHE because I still suck enough to warrant it. When my mood changes, I'll shift gears. I've played maybe 30k NL hands, not too much.
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