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October 3, 2000
It's common for players to think of themselves in terms of the limit or game they usually play. I'm a low-limit player. Or, I'm a red-chip hold'em player. Don't do that. It's a popular and common way to think. Some popular discussion forums are even divided into discussions on low-limit games, mid-limit games, and high-limit games. Books are written that claim to be aimed at the low-limit player. It's such a common way to define players that it just seems natural. But, it's a self-limiting view. It serves no purpose that helps you win. It does the opposite, in fact. I recently heard a story about a guy who started out in a 4/8 hold'em game with $40 and cashed out later that evening from a 10/20 game with $6,500. A hell-uv-a run. If he'd have thought of himself as a 4/8 player he'd have never done it. The fear of playing "out of his league" in the 10/20 game would have frozen him in his 4/8 seat. Don't let artificial limits freeze you. Just play in the best game you can find. To do otherwise can do nothing but cost you money. That's true whether you think of yourself as a low-limit player or a high limit player. You limit yourself in ways that simply can't help you. You can open up whole new worlds of opportunity for yourself by refusing to define yourself in a way that limits you.
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