Quote Originally Posted by zenbitz
If your opponents are playing exactly the same in LHE vs NL, then the variance in NL is clearly greater. So, actual variance depends on the table.

Against Tagg players, I think NL might have smaller variance, because of the ability of a pot-sized bet to drive out draws - while in LHE it's often +EV to call or even raise draws. The worse the players get, the faster the variance climbs - and I think it hits a higher maximum in NL.

I think the 2nd paragraph explains why someone can't play the same in NL as they do in LHE. Unless you mean in the generic sense that they will call down anything.