General PLO Question
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General PLO Question
I'm a NLHE player thinking about getting into PLO. My question, simply put, is if there is money to be made in PLO. At the low stakes, I know the answer is yes. But, after observing mid-high stakes games, I notice a lot of blind pre-flop aggression. Is there a significant edge to be had in a 100BB structure. I remember Phil saying similar things about NLHE and that a 200BB structure would be better. As comforting as it is to see advanced math in the PLO thread, the doubt I feel when watching stacks go in every hand in 2/5-25/50 keeps me from wanting to get into PLO. First post, new here.
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If you are good enough, there is money to be made. As in any poker format.
Obviously, but Phil himself said that there isn't a big edge to be had in NLHE due to the preflop aggression. However, I notice this same dilemma, possibly to a worse extent in PLO. Should I stick with NLHE or move to PLO. For example, if you observe ZOOM PLO from 1/2 25/50, stacks go in literally every hand simply based on extreme pre-flop aggression. I know there is an edge, but is it more significant than in NLHE.
In PLO, there are lots of spots where equities run fairly close, and then there are some fewer spots where you can gain a fairly significant equity edge or fold equity. The trick in today's games is really to be skilled at navigating yourself into the most profitable spots most often, and to not make mistakes in the close equity spots.
If you look at how small and mid stakes games play, most players are not good at all at either of these. Whether that is different at high stakes I don't know.
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