Limit vs. No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker Games
Author: J Finney

There are essential differences between limit hold'em and no
limit hold'em besides the esthetic one that involves the
presence of absence of limits.

For once, when you are playing no limit hold'em you play a more
methodic game. A skilled player can easily develop and apply
strategies in no limit hold'em, much easier than in limit
games. If you are a beginner then no-limit is not the game for
you, but limit is the perfect one. Limit protects new comers
and doesn't let them loose too much. If you are a skilled
player and you encounter a beginner in a no limit poker room
then you can easily take advantage of his presence and make a
lot of money out of him. As they say, sky is the limit and here
the sky is the beginner's stack. Big mistakes are paid dearly in
no-limit, you will just go all-in and lose all your stack. But
in limit if the same mistake is made then it is not such a big
deal, it just means that if you pass a few mediocre bets you
will be right where you started.

In no limit hold'em you can use psychology more often and it
turns out to be more reliable. This happens mostly because in
no limit more money are involved and the risk of losing them
all at once because of one single bad call is greater. At the
end in limit hold'em all the hands are shown because of the
concept that the best hand wins. But in no limit this doesn't
have to happen, you can show the hand only if you want to. In
limit you can play a person, make them fold and in the end it
would turn out that you had a bad hand. Now everyone knows you
bluffed that person and you won't get another opportunity to do
it again. In no limit it is much easier to tell others' game
style and much harder to use psychology and to play others. You
can do one trick once, but after that you'll have to change it
in to limit because the "word" will be out.

Position counts in both game types. But position count a lot
more n no limit games. Even though in both games the worst
position is the early position and the best one is the late
position, there is a big difference on how position affects
your hand. In no limit if you are in early position the chances
that you get trapped are bigger. There is no risk free way to
play a hand here, no matter how good it is. It all depends on
the other players and the impression they have of you. You can
play ruff and end up losing a lot or cautiously and end up
being trapped because other can tell that you are not sure of
the hand you are holding.


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