Why Limit?

[Garland]

As a limit and no-limit player, some things said here struck a nerve with me.

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Many decisions in no limit don't go beyond the flop.

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You must be talking about some small stakes 40BB buy-in or so no-limit game. A true no-limit game will often have all players in the game with 100BB or sometimes a lot more. With 100BB there's plenty of play after the flop given you have a decent stack.

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Limit requires you to make good decisions more often than no limit.

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While you might have to make more decisions quantitatively, the quality of decisions are much more important in no-limit. Overused, but true mantra: One mistake can cost you your stack in no-limit.

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All in on the flop and run out the cards to see who's the winner. Obviously, this never happens in limit.

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Careful of the use of "never". There are actually many times where a short stack or short buy is almost all-in and the flop/turn/river and even pre-flop decisions are affected by it.

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Many "winning" no limit players are weak at the math part of the game.

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I actually agree with this. You can be successful at no-limit without being great at math. Being a math major and a winning no-limit player, I don't fall in to this bunch.

Garland