PL Omaha is the new NL Holdem?

[aflaba]

I read somewhere that PL Omaha is the new NL Holdem. How close to true is this? In 5 years, do you think there will be any big poker games besides no limit holdem? How big will they be in percent of nl holdem?

/Browsing for what might be worth while learning

[otnemem]

Shhhhh.

[benfranklin]

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I read somewhere that PL Omaha is the new NL Holdem. How close to true is this?

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I would guess that PLO in its current form will never be a wildly popular game.

NL Holdem was pretty much dead outside of big tournaments until relatively recently. The reason was that experts had such an edge over poor to average players in NL cash games that the contributors quickly busted out and went back to limit cash games or quit playing entirely.

NL cash games became very popular because televised tournaments created an interest in NL Holdem, and capped buy-in games, first on the internet and then live, made it possible for the average player to survive.

I think that PLO has the same problem: experts have such an edge in the game that poor to average players are quickly busted. This is countered to some extent by capped buy-in internet games. But PLO does not make for good TV and it does not have the action of holdem. To paraphrase Mike Sexton, holdem takes a minute to learn and a half an hour to think you are an expert. PLO is harder to learn and takes more time to master for the average player. It doesn't attract either the action junkies or the weak players.

[Seether]

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think that PLO has the same problem: experts have such an edge in the game that poor to average players are quickly busted. This is countered to some extent by capped buy-in internet games. But PLO does not make for good TV and it does not have the action of holdem. To paraphrase Mike Sexton, holdem takes a minute to learn and a half an hour to think you are an expert. PLO is harder to learn and takes more time to master for the average player. It doesn't attract either the action junkies or the weak players.

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This paragraph is way off

[Scottery]

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But PLO does not make for good TV and it does not have the action of holdem.

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You sure about this?

[TheLamprey]

From what I understand PLO high is a suckout-fest where the edge of a skilled player is decreased.

I agree that it won't fly on TV. Too many cards, too much information for people to digest while watching TV.

[theBruiser500]

" But PLO does not make for good TV and it does not have the action of holdem. "

um
lol?

[TylerD]

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From what I understand PLO high is a suckout-fest where the edge of a skilled player is decreased.



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lol

[Autocratic]

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From what I understand PLO high is a suckout-fest where the edge of a skilled player is decreased.



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lol

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I'm LOLing. Though PLO IS a suckout fest.

[Soul Rebel]

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It doesn't attract either the action junkies or the weak players.

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This is just way off. I can't think of another variety of commonly played Poker that would appeal to an action junkie more than PLO.