The Profit Motive: One Way to Approach Poker
In trying to decide how to approach poker, consider the pluses and minuses of certain games as opposed to others. Limit Holdem used to be the single most popular game on the net. There are still many low and medium limit games being played as well as games as big as $100/$200 games. The game remains one of the most easily accessible and probably remains one of the most prospective in terms of profits, and is likely to remain so for some time to come, especially since not many players rise to the levels of $20/$40.
Being as popular as it is, it is everyone’s choice and so maintains its profitability and will be the go-to game for a long time.
A significant plus of Limit Holdem is the amount of literature devoted to it. Many of the modern books on poker in general are devoted to limit games. It is one of the most studied games and it is possible that a diligent student may learn much from the published material. In this respect, decisions may be simpler to make in Limit Holdem.
Of course, the ease of learning the game promotes many skilled players at the table, both online and off. This fact cuts into its profitability, especially for the average player. The run-of-the mill player cannot expect to make a net profit.
If you would like to avoid this dismal fate, there are several very specific questions you can ask yourself in order to determine which game is best for you. Poker is a game of chance, a game of skill and creativity, and it is a game of risk and self control. Determine as precisely as you can how prone you are to taking risks and how well you are able to control yourself in such situations: that is, whether the risks you take are impulsive and uncalculated (.i.e. a disaster in poker terms), or whether you are the type who likes to take calculated risks designed to win as well as to thrill.
Once you have your risk level determined, if you find that you are the impulsive type, stay with the cup of quarters and the slot machines. If risk for you is something to be avoided, go on and play limit games – low limit for the most risk-averse, higher limits in proportion to your level of comfort at higher risks along the scale.
If you are an individual who must have everything under your control as often as possible, decide whether you are a human calculator who remembers every card played and every combination of cards in a three or four hour long marathon games, or the psychologist who made your best moves by reading your opponents’ body language and facial expressions. The latter player should be in a no-limit or MTT poker game, not limit hold’em.
Of note, the psychologist has the best chance of becoming an all around expert player. High-limit games are hard to find, if not impossible. High risk is not profitable in the end. In conclusion, no-limit and tournament poker are both the most accessible and complex of poker challenges and provide the most suitable environs for the aspiring beginner.
The author is a successful limit cash game player. He plays poker online and receives Power Rakeback as well as Full Tilt Rakeback.
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