Quote Originally Posted by elipsesjeff
Quote Originally Posted by JeffreyGB
limit is almost exactly the opposite game that NL is regarding drawing odds
Incorrect, limit is the exact SAME regarding to drawing odds. If you have odds to play, you play. You also try to limit your opponents odds by such manuvers as the checkraise.
I can see how that statement seems quite false. My point was that the major focus in limit is drawing when you can, building the pot if the odds are there. Your ability to take away odds from your opponents is severely limited by comparison to NL. You do it to the extent that you can, but that's significantly less than the corresponding odds-killing raises you can make in NL. In contrast, you are much less likely to have odds to draw in a hand in NL. Thus the focus becomes making hands on the flop and destorying the odds for anyone who could be drawing against you. Sure, you'll draw out when you can, but that's a much smaller part of play. The odds are the same, but the way you play them differs, because the texture of the game differs.

And btw, I'll definitely grant that my knowledge of limit is rather basic. I've only played about a thousand hands, and for the most part only barely beat the rake. So if my understanding discussed above is incorrect, please correct it.