Limit vs. No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker Games
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.