The last post spoke a little about changing sites.  It's been a good move, and I was showing a positive result (about 4bb/100) at the 25nl tables.  But as I've said before I get discouraged thinking about moving up the limits in no limit.  After .50/1 there doesn't seem to be very many tables with flop percentages beyond the low 20s.  This essentially means that most of the time the hands aren't seeing a flop.  I could probably beat that sort of table set-mining with an 11%vpip, but that's not my idea of poker, and there's a very good chance that I'd get outplayed.  So I finally decided to heck with it all.  I recovered my bankroll quite nicely at Stars and the moment I did I made the decision I was supposed to have made a month ago.  That is, to learn to play and win at limit poker.  There are some pretty substantial differences between limit and no limit play.  One of the primary differences is that limit is much more a game of immutable odds and probabilities.  No Limit is more about gut feelings and player reads.  No Limit players often analogize the difference when playing limit poker as though they were tackle football players playing touch football with handcuffs on.

In the past this has been my biggest problem playing limit.  I could never handle the amount of waiting.  This was partly due to the fact that I'd never mastered limit, and wouldn't allow myself to multitable.  I went from 200+ hands per hour at no limit to 50 at limit.  But the appeal of limit is this:  If you can beat .50/1 limit, then chances are good that you'll be able to beat 3/6 limit at the same win rate.  In no limit it's almost impossible to find a game with stakes that high, and if you can find one, it can be very expensive if you're not up to it.  There are always plenty of tables going at virtually any stakes in limit hold em.  So long story short, I'm playing limit, and I'm beating the game for a little better than 2bb/100.  So far I've only played about 4000 hands which is far too early to pass judgement, but if I can even maintain this win rate I'll have a positive future in poker.  If I can't then I guess poker may not be for me after all.