[hachkc]

I do play Omaha and Omaha/8 live but all of my PL experience is online.

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The things I didn't really like are:

1. Hand requirements seem a lot tighter, so you play less.


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I don't play much PLO, but your hands really need to go 2 ways (hi and lo) which may open the range of hands especially in multiway pots. Aces are golden in PLO8 but I believe this is less true in PLO. Multitable if you play online.

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2. The game itself is a lot slower since reading your hand takes more time to see what low and high hand you have and there are a LOT more draws to calculate


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This is a good thing by increasing the skill needed to correctly play the game hence giving a bigger advantage to the good player.

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3. Play is a pretty straight forward as there is little need to get tricky, and you nearly always need to protect your made hands by betting/raising. PLO high seems like a richer game overall.


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Are you saying that you don't need to protect your hands as much in PLO? I assume you mean you are protecting your high hand by trying to eliminate the low draws in some situations which is obviously unique to PLO8. This can payoff big in some situations though when the low draw doesn't come through or they counterfeit their low on the turn/river. As for trickiness, this applies to any game but the tactics are different. Is that PL bet because he's going hi or lo or both? Also, the concept of multiway pots adds another wrinkle on how you play a hand.

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Main compensation I see for the above is that the big pots are often bigger than they are in PLO high.


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I will agree that pots are bigger but alot of times they are often split which is a money loser head's up with the rake. The holy grail is when you get more than 1/2 of multiway pot and really make some money. Nothing like getting 2-3 other players all-in and then getting 2/3 of pot while they each get 1/6. Some people just can't fold their nut low for any reason.

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Am I missing something about this game? I've gotten through half of Zee's book, but can't say it has added much to my impression of the game. PLO high and NLHE seem much more fun.

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Its all a matter of what you like. If you prefer the action and such of PLO, play it. I prefer the additional choices and calculations that PLO8 requires.