Re: Does playing PLO help your NLHE Game?
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I think ray zee said once if you don't play all games well you're destined to go broke at some point.
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Did Ray really say that? I guess I'm screwed then, because my Anaconda skills just aren't up to par.
As to the original question, I think that when I started playing PLO almost full time, it hurt my NLH game for a while, in that I started giving my opponents much more respect than was due and I wouldn't be on the lookout for profitable "pure" bluffs enough and such.
After some time, however, the greater complexity of omaha forces you to think about poker in more foundational terms, and helps you recognize and analyze all the relevant factors that go into every decision. This skill is essential in just about all forms of poker, and can really help you break through the confines of conventional wisdom that keep so many hold'em players marginally profitable at best.
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