[Big Dave D]

I'm afraid this is simply not true. The original roster of WSOP events reflected games that people played in the USA at the time, in a "serious" fashion. As games became less popular, they dropped off the list, like Draw and 5 stud. In recent years we have had more NLHE cos thats what the Internet/ESPN donkeys want.

PLO8b was never widely played in the US. End of story. It was, and is still, moderately popular in Europe.

As to the "play by rote" thing, this is easier said than done. Sure there is a striaghtforward way for good players to skin bad ones, and it happens damn quick, but I can't think of anohter game where if someone comes to it cold, they make more of a hash of it. And this is especially true for limit 08b and PLO guys too. This is why the games burn so bright in the first place.

gl

dd