Re: Comparing strategy in Limit to No Limit
1) you don't generally bluff people off big (TPTK+) made hands in limit. It'll almost never work.
2) Your starting hand requirements change. "Trouble" hands from NL like AQo are now perfectly playable (except maybe UTG) and hands like AXs are now less valuable. All drawing hands - AXs, suited connectors and small pairs - need to be multi-way and not for a raise (unless you get trapped and odds are super-attractive) because you're counting more on pot odds and less on implied odds
3) Limit is somewhat more mechanical - you rarely lay down a decent made hand. However, bluffing is still a big deal, but you rarely bluff into strength, unless you also have a draw, because it just doesn't work well because the pot odds are too attractive. Many hands such as TPTK and overpairs are a through-ticket to the river against most opponents.
LHE is not by any means a bad game, and is very subtle against strong opposition, but the skill lies in different places than in NL and the fish can't make as bad a mistake on one hand.
Hope that helps.
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