[ba-poker] The skill edge in limit and NL

["Uncle Roger" <rogerc22(deleted the rest)>]

I've been told that NL cash games don't last because the skilled players 
have such a huge advantage that the others  give up.  That sounds plausible 
to me.

However, I think the opposite is true in single-table online sattelites.  
The skilled players may have more of an advantage in the limit games.   
First,  tells are less important because you don't get to see the people, 
and tell reading is one of the things that gives experts such a huge 
advantage in big-bet poker.  Second, because the money is not deep and the 
blinds keep getting bigger, there are many hands in the no-limit tourneys in 
which the only decision round  occurs  before the flop.  How big a mistake 
can it be to open-raise all-in before the flop?

In contrast, in the limit single-table tourneys one sees truly horrible play 
in the  post-flop rounds.  I'm talking about things like re-raising on the 
river with a set when a flush and a straight are possible;  or  slow-playing 
hands on the flop that cry out for protection, then springing the trap after 
the opponent gets a better hand.

Roger