I was thinking of playing $2/$4 limit no fold em and playing it focusing on big drawing hands like Axs, suited connectors etc., set mining, etc.

From my LHE experience people love getting to the river. Basically playing a fit or fold flop strategy and waiting on very strong hands.

I’m sure it would be a lot of folding and very boring but from a profit standpoint it makes sense in my head.

Rake is basically unbeatable at stakes lower than 4/8 limit holdem.

Ok. Well using $4/$8 as an example. Does being an experienced NLHE Hold Em have it’s advantages at a LHE table I guess is the better question.

Of course it does. Being an experienced soccer player is a huge benefit over someone who doesn’t do any sports at all when it comes to playing American football.

No. Limit holdem is a drawing game that allows more players to play hands because of the lower average preflop investment. With many players seeing the flop, your big hands will lose much more often than in no limit. You can’t really protect your hands from draws, but you’re able to play many more drawing hands than in no limit. You can also value bet much thinner than in no limit holdem, but you can’t bluff as frequently. Think about the size of your investment relative to the pot and you will see why these things are true.

I played over two million NLHE hands online. Switched to HE live after I moved to a state where playing poker online is a felony (WA).

Sure it helps....but not a guarantee of success.

Small Stakes Miller/Sklansky/Malmuth is still THE book for low stakes HE. Read through it and find out what you will need to change.

5/10 and above .....and maybe rake won't kill you.

I love analogies, but he’s not going to be sitting with people that have never played poker before.

Actually sitting with players more well versed in limit Hold Em actually.

Limit Holdem used to be super profitable back in the day when I started playing, which was just before the big NL craze. I played a ton of $8/16 and $15/30 at Bellagio and it was quite profitable. In the few times I've tried it since, the players had gotten a lot better. Limit HE can be pretty tough, but there are plenty of old timers who have a somewhat decent but beatable game, and they've been playing the same way for 20-30 years (women included.)

The number of players seeing a flop is not really an attribute of the betting structure, it's an attribute of the skill and aggression of the players. A lot of players see the flop in weak NL games as well. In games with good players, there is a lot of raising preflop in limit, and more heads up pots.

but they shouldn't be in as many pots as the limit player because the probability of getting raised out of the pot is much higher in no limit.

or in other words, if utg limps at 4/8 limit and I'm next to act? I should play more hands than a 1/2 no limit player facing the same action.

this is true of both games, but I think avg player/flop should be somewhat higher in a limit game. If everyone is playing raise or fold preflop outside of the blinds, then there will indeed be few multiway pots in both games, but our profitable preflop opportunities will be more numerous in a limit game. Specifically because the opening ranges are wider(an effect of betting structure)* in a limit game, and the price in the blinds is better facing a raise, or a raise and a 3 bet.

*reverse implied odds are drastically reduced in a limit game as are implied odds and fold equity. Notice that all of these qualities benefit opposing players equally; If you don't have good implied odds, then neither do your opponents. This results in a wider set of preflop opening ranges.