I've been reading Sklansky's book on LIMIT poker, and I have to agree, that playing only the very BEST hands is going to be profitable in the long term.

On the other hand, NO Limit poker is a totally different game. The chances of getting a big payoff would seem to outweigh the possibility of draining your money by playing "unprofitable" hands (in Sklansky's opinion).

I think that you can probably at least CALL the top 40 poker hands for one bet. I suppose position also plays an important role in determining what to call.

It would seem that if you limit yourself to the top 40 hands, that's going to allow you to see 20% of the hands to the flop.

The point I'm trying to make here is that it would seem you can risk to see more hands on the probability that you will earn more money from winning a pot. In other words, you're not going to be nickel-and-dimed to death.

Are there any changes to be made to starting hand strategies for NO-limit?