I was a die hard limit player for a long, long time... The thing about limit is that once you are a winning player and have established a decent win rate, it just becomes giant math problem. You play like a machine and over 1000s and 1000s of hands, you WILL grind out a profit. The more you play, the more you will earn. Yes, there will be short term variance and you will go on losing streaks, but as long as you are playing better than your opponents and making less mistakes, you will win.
That said, after seeing some of the results by some of the NL guys (JD and Boobie here, and a LOT of people I've met on various trips), I knew I had to switch. I get tired of the grind and playing so mechanically. With NL, you need to think more, be more creative, and IMO, there is potential to win much more money (per hour) than with limit, given the same monetary risk. The variance is higher, sure, but that's something I'm willing to deal with, and so far, so good.
Other than maybe messing with one of these minbet deals that JD posted about last week (for fun more than anything else), I think I'm done with limit cash games for good.
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