Where does the money come from in NL?

[Heisenb3rg]

Some excellent posts in here..

Ive been playing deep stack in vegas exclusvily the past few days and one thing im really understanding about NL as opposed to limit.

This has been said a billion times by authors but im really starting to understand it.
"NL is a game of people"
"limit is a game of board textures and mathematics"

This is an overly simplistic (and incorrect) viewpoint, since both games require all 3 of these aspects, but it does apply strongly to the level of the game we are capable of thinking about. Optimal play in NL is soooooo much more difficult to get an idea for than limit.

I speculate this is true because:
In NL because it is possible to make enormous mistakes in different situations, maximal strategies can also vary DRASTICALLY from one opponent to the next.

In limit, because of the betting structure your opponents are often limited from big mistakes, and thus your strategies do not have to vary too much from opponent to opponent to exploit their small mistakes.

Once the pot has grown to a certain size, you are primarily focused on winning the pot. The strategies to do so only slightly depend on the player. This is why limit has a lot more "standard" plays, and it is not too difficult to recognize the correct action the majority of the time, regardless of who your playing against.

In no limit, you are primiarly focused on winning bets. Thus, the right action differs strongly from player to player.

This isn't a proof but a theory. (could be wrong)