Yes, Andy/Ian (is the "Ian Curtis" just a Joy Division thing?), I agree with
all that.
jtw1 asked about playing limit cash tables. Well, Jezza's going to question
your sexuality if you play limit holdem, but I quite like it every now and then.
It's a more mathematical game, where no limit is more psychological: you
get more opportunities to make "pot odds" bets when you suspect you don't
have the best hand. Also, it has advantages for beginning players. When I
started playing no-limit, I frequently found myself gradually building up a profit
and then blowing it all with a stupid mistake (When I started? It still happens
a lot.
) That happens a lot less in limit: the cost of your mistakes are
limited. Just remember that if you then move to playing no-limit, it's a very
different game.