No Limit Becoming the Norm
Aug/090
The most recent and significant trend in poker as of late is the trend towards tournaments of hold’em with no limits. As you would guess the number of no limit contests has increased to a level that has not been seen before. These no limit events are showing up at every tournament of any size and all tournaments that are significant have a major no limit hold’em you can buy in on.
The World Series of Poker has four no limit hold’em contests and the number of people showing up to watch and participate has increased dramatically. This is no surprise to people who follow or play. For people who have not been following poker are surprised but should not be as poker has become far more reachable to everyone through television broadcasts and Internet access.
People love to watch the high end tourney play. Anyone who has played poker has had thoughts of playing in a major league tournament some day. Everyone has thought “I could do that and be good at it.”
You would think that with the shear number of no limit hold’em games that there would be plenty of opportunities for people to play at the side games, that is not the case.
Until recently, people have shyed away from no limit games being intimidated that it could get out of control or out of their reach quickly. People need to keep their fears in check. There is no reason not to take a shot at no limit games. There are plenty of self-help books, poker tools and websites. Author T.J. Cloutier has written one that hits the mark, No Limit & Pot Limit Hold’em. The book focuses on strategies for addressing the no limit games. The book has helped countless get over their fears of playing in a no limit tourney.
