Thread: Swings in PLO
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Old 11-04-2004, 12:39 PM
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Default Re: Swings in PLO

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Oh and also another remark, in PLO you're pushing huge edges less frequently, whereas in holdem you're pushing small edges often. So I think by that definition alone there's going to be less swings in Omaha than in Holdem.

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Strike that, reverse it.

In holdem, most big pots will come up between a strong made hand and a relatively weak draw OR two made hands, one which has the other hand crushed. Therefore you are pushing large edges frequently.

In Omaha, it is rare to ever have a large edge over your opponent, except in set over set confrontations (and even then your opponents frequently have some time of backdoor outs). Therefore you are pushing small edges frequently, and forget this 60-40 stuff, sometimes we're talking 51-49. But as Stupak said even a one thousandth of one percent edge will break the richest man in the world over enough time.

Swings in PLO are monstrous, if you are not experiencing them you are leaving lots of money on the table.
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