Re: Is PLO the toughest form of poker to handle mentally?
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For me it has to be. Bad beats happen 10x more than in holdem
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You can quantify a bad beat as being how much money you get into the pot and your pot equity when you do so.
I would imagine that in PLO you are getting your money in when you are LESS of a favorite than when you do so in NL.
PLO is going to be more of you piling your money in when you have a smaller edge. When you go 5 times in a row with your whole stack and are a 60-70%, and don't win any of those...how you handle that will help decide if PLO is your game.
I personally am more OK with the beats in PLO because I know I'm less of favorite in those hands, compared to when you are 80% to win in NL and your opponent catches a miracle card on you.
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This is true. 80% hands hold up 80% of the time no matter what you're playing. Hold'em players switching to Omaha just have a hard time getting used to the fact that they're not going to be in such a dominating position nearly as often.
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