In No Limit hold Em most of the money goes in on the flop, and a decent amount pre-flop. In pot limit most goes in on the turn with a decent amount going in on the flop. In Stud if you played No limit most would go in on the first 3 cards as the high pairs would never allow others to draw for straights or flushes…
Answer 2:
There actually was a pot limit stud game in the Chicago area not too long ago. $2 ante with a $2 bring in, always a long list for it on weekends. The game was mostly populated with relatively weak players, many bordering on the extreme gambling side, and all were relatively short stacked for the nature of the game. The game no longer is in existance as the casino which used to host it decided to do away with poker. I do believe, however, that there are several pot limits and no limit stud games spread regularly throughout Europe, and I do occasionally hear of a pot limit stud or stud hi/lo home game. Of course the reason that these games are relatively rarer than their flop game counterparts is because of the relative increased variance in stud games.
Answer 3:
As sort of a side note, I went to a local casino to play in a stud tournament about a month ago, and they were having satellites beforehand. By the time I managed to get into one, it was about a half hour before the tournament was supposed to start, so we all agreed to play no limit stud, with 5 minutes rounds (oh boy). (After about three five minute rounds, the antes went up every hand–that was interesting.) It was actually a pretty interesting game. The wild players busted out pretty much right away, and the rest of the players were too cautious to really play no limit, and also busted out (it helped that I got rolled up jacks when we got heads up, and my opponent went all in before me. From my (very) limited experience, I don’t think it’s a very viable game, for the reason that SteadyEd mentioned–it’s almost impossible to draw–if anyone at the table knows what they’re doing, you won’t be getting the right price for your draw.
