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| Prefer PLO | | 19.23% | |
| Prefer NLHE | | 73.08% | |
| Like both games equelly. | | 7.69% | |
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| Do you prefer to play NLHE, PLO, or both? I've recently turned into a PLO-aholic. I think it's the future of poker - at least I hope the game catches on more in the US. NLHE just seems so boring once you start logging a lot of PLO hours. I wish more live card rooms would spread it... Vegas and some places in the south seems to be the only places where one can find a game. Anyhow, just curious, how many of you here play PLO? |
| Play Texas Hold'em Online Poker | Do you prefer to play NLHE, PLO, or both? | |
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| While my skill level in both is very very minimul, I would always always prefer to play PLO over NLHE. With that said even the casinos around me (Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun) can barely scrap one table together if that. They do however have one constant table at foxwoods of PLO8 and I dont like that version of Omaha |
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| PLO gamblers game I thought NLHE had swings until I played a lil PLO wow weeee! I guess the fact that so many more starting hands can be played preflop it adds to the "action" appeal of the game. Lots of people in lots of pots and more people feel they are getting tied to the pot receiving greater odds. PLO is def a more interesting and intriguing game. |
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[x] pie (not worth cake or waffles) |
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It would be interesting if people who use pokertracker posted their NLHE graphs vs. the PLO graphs just to see how much more volatile that game is. |
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| I prefer NLHE. I always play on SnG one on one is many poker sites. NLHE is fast a game. You have the control of your chips on whatever you like to do. |
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| re: Do you prefer to play NLHE, PLO, or both? poker Quote:
NLHE has a simplicity that seems to innately appeal more to the average person. tv networks have tried televising PLO, but the ratings have consistently shown that people want to watch NLHE i'm not saying PLO can't become as popular as NLHE, but i no longer think it's a foregone conclusion that it will. maybe if FTP or PS will put together a super high stakes 6max PLO televised cash game with all the sickest gamblers, to really emphasize the action/gambling side of it, and then hype it up big time, get a good time slot and network. i think if something can be done to get the average tv viewer hooked, that could snowball and lead to a big PLO movement. without that happening, i'm not sure |
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Not to mention that the most you can bet in PLO is POT. There is no limit in NLHE. |
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| NLHE vs LPO my godddddd NLHE 4 LIFE!!!!!.. LPO is a very good game.. it is too easy to play.. and you have a lot of games with thouse 4 cards, easily you can do a straight or color, or a straight color.. it is too easy but i like it sooo much too. but nothing compares to NLHE!!! |
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The game is quite popular in Europe, however. I wonder how it got side-spread over there... |
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To sum it up, I believe no game will ever become more popular than NLHE. Not saying it's easier, just a different set of skills, easier to master or at least be competant at by more people. |
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Most winning hands in NLHE use two. And the fact that Omaha forces you to use two just slightly alters how you read the board (QQ > AK on a 222A4 board obviously). This isn't a big change. Quote:
The big difference in the game is that draws have significantly more equity in PLO than in NLHE. In NLHE, paying off weak draws is pretty standard, since often your opponent wasn't getting pot odds to chase them. But with PLO, the turn & river cards have a bigger influence on the value of your hand, and your opponent is likely getting odds to try and hit their stronger draws. Thus, it makes things more of a postflop game. However, PLO is the most similar game you can find to NLHE without getting into those weird variants like pineapple. While PLO may require you to make a few adjustments from how you play NLHE, you'll have to make bigger adjustments when switching to any other game from NLHE. So, if I had to say it in one sentence: Once you've learned NLHE, the next easiest game to learn is probably PLO. I spend most of my time these days playing limit games (stud & LO8 mostly), and the skill set used in those games is a bigger departure from hold'em than PLO is. |
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