Small stack survival

cormie

My brother plays limit. Most pro's do because the ups are more or less as constand but the down aren't half as bad.

Hectorjelly

Originally posted by cormie
My brother plays limit. Most pro's do because the ups are more or less as constand but the down aren't half as bad.

I dont think thats right, Most Pro's play limit because thats what everybody plays in america. Traditionally the casinos prefer limit as it takes a lot longer for poor players to go bust. An expert player has much more of an edge in No Limit or Pot Limit than limit. You can have some pretty nasty downswings in limit (100 to 150 bb).

cormie

No limit is definitely a game to be won by the pro's. But when I say pro, I mean they do it for a living. They need to survive on what they earn, if they lose their bankroll, they can't survive that comfortably which is why they mostly go for limit. I'm sure all reasons apply.

DeVore

Americans favour limit because its the less aggressive game and its more friendly (a lot of people here play draw-poker similarly, max bet being half the pot or all of the pot etc). It means you get to see more flops and there is less preflop bullying and coin flips... it sounds interesting to me as the math comes into it a lot more but to be honest there is something just fnckin' ungodly cool about knowing that at any moment you could lose everything.
I think I'd be better at limit but I doubt I could stay awake long enough to play a tournie...

Poker is cruel but I'm a masochist!

DeV.

TwoShedsJackson

Well it's four hours at $120 an hour and I really like playing poker so I thought it was worth it There is very little bullying at the start but you will get quite a lot of it as it goes on.