Okay, it’s definitely time to get serious about poker again, and we’re not going to be talking about No Limit Hold’Em right now. That’s right, there’s a big poker world outside of NLHE, and it’s about high time that you discovered it. It’s not the end of the world if you want to keep playing NLHE, but we figured that we’d give you something fresh for a change.
This brings us immediately to Pot Limit Omaha. It’s a game that truly earns a special place in our hearts, for a lot of reasons. It has a lot on common with NLHE, which means that you can pick up the game easily. Both types of poker are community card games, so you have a chance to really get into some action. If there’s time in your schedule of poker, playing PLO (Pot Limit Omaha) definitely makes sense.
One thing you’ll need to keep in mind when it comes to PLO is that you get 4 cards instead of two. You must make a winning hand with two cards from your hand and three from the board. This can be a lot trickier than you might expect.
Strategy is going to be a bit different, because you have to get into the flow of a different variation. The general recommendation would be to play heads up PLO because it means that you’re going to have to look at what your opponent is doing. It’s tempting to go into “battle” with the usual 6-max game, but that’s a bad way to go about it. You need to think about having to play much tighter, looking at what possibilities could be there.
The biggest switch is going to be looking at all of your cards, not just the first two that look good. If you can get out of the NLHE mindset on this front, then you’re going to be playing much better PLO. You also can’t just go all in and bully your opponent, which might take away from the sizzle with PLO for some people. If anything, take this as a sign that you need to stop randomly going AI and start looking at poker in more strategic terms. Trust us, you can be intimidating in PLO without going all limit. Good luck!