Yeah, my limit hold'em is biased, because it was all live $2/$4-$5/$10 so different dynamic than HU online.
Well, I kinda meant heads up on the flop...
But you're right, 2/4 live is ridiculous. I think JTs is probably the nuts preflop in that game. Seeing the flop with 4+ players on a regular basis really changes how you play the game.
But I digress....
Playing the big bet game, you can get paid off a lot more when you make a big hand. And conversely, you can spew off a lot more when you make a kinda big, but not really that big hand.
However, you can also charge fish tons of money to draw to those big hands with your kinda big but not really that big hand. So yeah, its complicated, and they're really different.