My 1y FTR IRC Anniv: Ask me anything about the game of Without Limit Holding Them

Join Date: Jan '05
Posts: 709

Why is this?

Why do they call it no limit when you are limited by your stack?

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

Join Date: Jan '05
Posts: 709

Why is this?

Excellent question. First I will refer you to this thread:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ml#post1000474

So you can see HOW FAR I'VE COME in 6 years. (The best part of the thread is towards the bottom, imo)

Secondly:

The reason I have so few posts is that back in '05, I posted quite a bit, really committed myself to learning the game etc, and racked up 100 or so posts. Then something happened.

I began to think I was awesome.

I stopped coming to FTR, except to lurk every now and then. I played a shitload of MTTs, being mostly breakeven / slight winner over a long stretch.

Then I didn't play poker for like 2 years, and tried to make a comeback in 2007. Didn't realize that 1) UIGEA happened 2) Players got better 3) there existed such thing as a HUD etc. So I sucked and lost a fair amount, several hundred dollars I would assume.

Finally in '08 I started posting again from time to time. My first post when I got back was something to the effect 'hey why do you guys keep mentioning these stats like 25/16, I have no idea what they mean plz halp!'

Needless to say I continued to suck for about another year. In '09, I became a regular poster, eventually switching from MTTs to 2NL and working my way up. Now I'm a 10 NLer with a bankroll to play 50 NL.

TL;DR:
- beat games when games were easy
- thought I was good, stopped posting
- came back when I realized I sucked
- became regular poster
- game improved, now I'm a microstakes balla.

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

Why do they call it no limit when you are limited by your stack?

I have no idea, you just blew my mind sir.