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Bovinity
Visionary
Silver Level
(I wrote a really long post on this and I think I accidentally closed the window or something. Fail.)
So some history...I deposited $20, worked that up to about $120 in ~8,000(?) hands at 2NLHE. I'd like to entertain my ego by saying that's at least somewhat successful, but I don't know. I haven't been bankrolled for 5NL yet because I keep spending profits on tourneys and such that I shouldn't, so I'm at about $75 instead.
But sometimes the "small edge" nature of NLHE frustrates me. It seems like NLHE has such a small edge potential that variance is a very frequent and unwelcome guest.
Someone else mentioned PLO8 in another thread recently. Someone else commented that you'd have to be batshit insane to play PLO8 as your primary game. But PLO8 players often claim that it's a game that is more about developing a big edge and hitting people over the head with it as opposed to the small-edge style of NLHE.
Anyone who actually plays PLO8 think there's any truth to this? Am I batshit insane for thinking about it? Am I just batshit insane period? I just don't know! And if I'm not totally insane, are there any good resources that folks could point me toward to learn more about it? I've tried playing here and there and usually do "ok", but when I win it feels like it's because someone shoved all in with a hand like 9999 thinking they had quads. =O
So some history...I deposited $20, worked that up to about $120 in ~8,000(?) hands at 2NLHE. I'd like to entertain my ego by saying that's at least somewhat successful, but I don't know. I haven't been bankrolled for 5NL yet because I keep spending profits on tourneys and such that I shouldn't, so I'm at about $75 instead.
But sometimes the "small edge" nature of NLHE frustrates me. It seems like NLHE has such a small edge potential that variance is a very frequent and unwelcome guest.
Someone else mentioned PLO8 in another thread recently. Someone else commented that you'd have to be batshit insane to play PLO8 as your primary game. But PLO8 players often claim that it's a game that is more about developing a big edge and hitting people over the head with it as opposed to the small-edge style of NLHE.
Anyone who actually plays PLO8 think there's any truth to this? Am I batshit insane for thinking about it? Am I just batshit insane period? I just don't know! And if I'm not totally insane, are there any good resources that folks could point me toward to learn more about it? I've tried playing here and there and usually do "ok", but when I win it feels like it's because someone shoved all in with a hand like 9999 thinking they had quads. =O