Five Reasons To Play Pot Limit Omaha

You get to play more hands – since the starting hands are closer in value, you don’t run the risk of being dominated as soon as someone raises.

It is an action-packed game: there are more raises and reraises, and less check-to-get-a-cheap-showdown-with-an-average-hand.

The games are good. Thanks to the first two points, many bad LAG enjoy PLO quite a bit. At NLHE, they would get destroyed rather quickly, but at PLO, they usually still have a 35-40% equity when they put their money in badly. This is great for the game: with the high variance, they have winning sessions, and when they lose they put it down to variance. As for the bad nits, they are most often overwhelmed and they don’t kill action.

PLO attracted a lot of attention lately, and it’s probably going to gain momentum. This is the time to study the game and get an edge, as newcomers arrive.

Learning a new game often sheds new light on your main game, as you realize the differences between the two. Being an all-round player generally improves your game overall.