PLO players feeling they "deserve" the pot.

[Phishy McFish]

I think I have stated this before, but it seems to me that in PLO even more players (than in LHE or NLHE) let the side of the 40/60 equation they are on influence their perception of if the cards were cruel or just variance.

I plead guilty to it myself. When you have the set and THEY have the nerve to turn or river their flush for their/your entire stack you are outraged. When you have them covered and decide to gambool with your set against their MADE flush on the flop, you feel you took a pot or implied odds worthy risk.

Or is it because I don't play that much NLHE aside from HU tourneys that I feel this way?

[BluffTHIS!]

I deserve every pot I'm in. But my opponents don't often agree or cooperate.

[Chimichonga]

I have tried to quit worrying about this kind of crap.

[Mempho]

PLO players complain about bad beats, true. I have played LHE, NLHE, and PLO as my main games and I have to say that, in general, the HE players tend to be much worse. What you are perceiving, however, is the fact that PLO, by its very nature, lends itself to these "stacking beats" occuring more often. A player that gets on the wrong side of a few of these beats that is also not used to the nature of the game, can be quite a little [censored]. For the most part, the worst complainers in PLO are HE players that wondered into the game.

[JT Money]

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I have tried to quit worrying about this kind of crap.

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[RickyG]

Playing omaha is a bad beat.

[kurto]

As a SS player... I admit that the bad beats in Omaha are more maddening.

And I realize that everyone has 4 cards and therefore you'll see stronger river hands then in NLTH.

That being said, I've seen more one outers (not all taken by me) in small stakes then in NLTHE.

I'm talking about players calling with inside straight flush draws... overset vs bottom set which hits quads.

My theory: Players are more knowledgeable at NLTH. Therefore, they're more likely to fold lesser hands (and therefore be able to hit 1 or 2 outers). (they know to fold more often so they don't bad beat you as much) Also, with 2 cards, they're not going to hit a flop as often as with 4 cards. Therefore, they're not sticking around as often to see the other streets and suckout on you.