Serious poker discussion.

[ThePhantomOak]

First off, I have played a LOT of limit poker. The opinion that you need the nuts in limit is bullsh*t. You just need to be a good limit player.

I built a good bankroll in 3-6 limit in a few months of playing, and know a couple people who literally make a living playing 3-6.

I moved up to higher limit games, but it is still a game of knowing how to play. I even payed my way through most of college playing 4-8 and above. Maybe $200-$700 a week. Once I hit $3000 as a bankroll I just started paying rent.

Limit is just a different game, same as no-limit and tournament poker are two different games.

Now I prefer no-limit because of the WSOP has brought so many douche bags to the game that money is almost free.

That said, I had no problem going from $100 Buys to $300 and 1000 dollar buys. It is the same game. It aint even bigger numbers because the chips do the counting for you. You either know how to play or you dont. Simple as that.

Also, that one hand an hour thing is a rookie way to play. You would never win anything more than a big blind off of me. NEVER go into a poker room with a strategy...I am constantly changing strategy depending on the table I am playing. No two people are alike, so why would my style playing them ever be the same?


It aint rocket science.



Unless you are playing online... Then I dont know what to tell you, because the ability for cheating is WAY too large.

Originally Posted by mikejet

I know there are poker players on this board so I'd like to have a little thread to discuss real strategy and playing styles. I'm a no limit person through and through. I like the aggressiveness of no limit and being able to represent cards rather than needing the nuts in limit.

Here's my current question:

So I'm considering moving up one notch to the $200 no limit tables the next time I go out to play but I'm not sure how big of a difference it will be. At $100 I'm very comfortable and can limit myself and work slowly aiming for that 1 hand per hour rule. I'm decent at calculating outs and can calculate pot odds fine at the $100 level.

How much would that change stepping up to the next buy-in amount? I know there will be less tourists at the table and more serious players so that's one thing that I need to consider also.