Is PLO the game where luck counts most preflop?

#1 5th November 2009, 7:42 PM

Hi all.

I am familiar with most forms or poker, and I wonder what u guys think about my statement above?

Getting your chips in with almost any hand in PLO must give u an almost 50/50 shot heads up.

Unlike say, NLHE, where an AA crushes any other hand preflop.

Comments all???

#2 6th November 2009, 12:05 AM

If anything I think you'd want to say "post flop". The equities run so close typically pre, that the flop is where the biggest decisions usually take place.

If I think a PFR or even a 3 bet is AA, I'll often call with any 4 connected type hands, just to out flop aces. My 689Tss isn't that bigg a dog to naked AAxx, or even a good AAxx hand.

So no. I don't think preflop luck is part of it.

#3 6th November 2009, 12:09 AM

No its a game with more varience and less prf edges.

#4 6th November 2009, 2:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjbish

If anything I think you'd want to say "post flop". The equities run so close typically pre, that the flop is where the biggest decisions usually take place.

If I think a PFR or even a 3 bet is AA, I'll often call with any 4 connected type hands, just to out flop aces. My 689Tss isn't that bigg a dog to naked AAxx, or even a good AAxx hand.

So no. I don't think preflop luck is part of it.

Yes, sry

#5 6th November 2009, 3:57 AM

#6 6th November 2009, 5:30 AM

That's why Omaha is almost always played as pot limit rather than no limit. True big draws and made hands will often both me right in getting all in on the flop, a lot more often than in NLH. But there's a lot of intricate and skillful play post-flop through 3 streets when the money is deeper.

#7 6th November 2009, 5:59 AM

If I have AAKK double suited and you want to bet me till we're all in I will be more than happy to oblige. Don't forget even 72 can flop 772.

I tend to think that getting all in pre flop is always more luck than skill. I avoid these situations if possible. Much better to see a flop cheap either way. I am not against three betting or even getting all in. But I feel better doing it with AKQ10 than I do 26JK

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