Then they magically return to the table minutes later reloading for $500 and are all in again within 3 hands. Those who get felted, whine about being sucked out on, never noticing their entire stack was built on suck-outs. I've played a few times and every table goes like this. I've been told with my math background that I would crush PLO Your super tiny edge wont materialize until around 2034. Is the best plo player more skilled than the best hold 'em player?īuy in to a PLO game and quickly notice how every other hand is multi-way all inĪnd if you play only the top 5% of hands and you have an unlimited bankroll, These are just some preliminary thoughts, I am interested in what the community thinks as well. So patience and mental game seem important in hold 'em.

In hold 'em, you might go hours without playing a significant pot and if you lose that one, it can take a while to make it back. PLO is higher variance as equities run closer, so having a tough mental game is important to handle the swings. Probably many bluff opportunities in both games, being balanced is important in both, but with more cards, could ranges be wider in PLO, thus making it harder to put your opponents on a hand? But then again there's more you can do with that information in PLO, thus making it more complex. This topic came up at my 5/T game a while ago and I've been thinking about it on and off - is hold 'em harder than PLO? You have more information in PLO since you have more cards, and less info in hold 'em, which makes me think hold 'em is harder.

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