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Hi Lo?
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As you probably know, our very own Tikay went deep and cashed in an Omaha Hi Lo WSOP event this year (thus maintaining his 100% record of cashes in WSOP events - 2 from 2!)
He is a big lover of Hi Lo, playing it regularly. Basically we were curious who had tried it, what do you like / not like about it and just to chat about it really. Thoughts?
Thanks
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... assuming it's in time for us to enter them!
We've put you in already.
Got any tips for people to try then Jonjo75?
1) Have a rake free weekend on the Omaha Hi Lo tables so people can sample it.
2) Double Cash for points on all Omaha Hi Lo games.
3) A cash credit if you play a certain number of hands in a week.
I wouldn't play cash because of the rake and split pots.
I would encourage others to give it a go though, because it is a fun game, but does hurt the brain at times. Unfortunately the lowest DYM is £2.25 which may discourage players from having a go.
The £1.10 tournaments in the afternoons are fun, and maybe your best option as the lowest buy in on Sky.
I play 2.25 DYM and 5.50 DYM but would like to see a 1.15 DYM, that would encourage more players
Cash is -EV due to raked split pots so how about rake free if pot is split?
Dave
Be careful going for the low when you only have 2 low cards in your hand, as they may be counterfeited by one of them arriving on the board.
P.s thanks SKY for free entry, I won the tourney and I proberly gave you back the entry fee in rake when someone played me on cash table .
So we both won in the end :-)
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Firstly PLO itself is a minority game here and by follow on PLO8 is therefore a minoity variation of a minority game. This means the traffic will be very low. PLO8 is not a game that should be played without a good grounding in PLO first.
The skill level differences between a knowledgable player and a novice are huge and therefore lead to people having to invest a lot to get better, which understandably they are not inclined to do, especially when there are juicy games available in a format they are more familiar with.
I personally love both PLO and PLO8 and enjoy playing both of these but due to the low traffic available it is quite a while since i have played even one hand of PLO8. A little while back i did a series of blogs on omaha strategy which included one based entirely on PLO8. Dont know if it is still around anywhere but it might be of use to anyone wishing to start out playing the game.
I hope that PLO8 does take off because i for one would love to be playing it more. The only thing i can think of to boost it up would be either for rake reduction/ extra points deals around. Or much better would be to get someone like tikay on the tables(when he gets back of course) at the lower limits and advertise the fact that he is playing to encourage people to check it out.
As already mentioned by others, while there is a lack of stt's lower than the £2 level the likelyhood of attracting more players to the game is going to be limited.
Imo the evening mtt schedule needs a good overhaul in terms of buy-in (between 17:25 & 19:55 there are 5 tournies with £10/£5 buy-ins which as far as I am aware don't run or get miniscule fields) and structure (10min blinds good but only 2000 chips).
Lets have a £2.20 deepstack or doublestack in the evening and I guarantee* that in a few weeks it will get more runners than those 5 mtt's combined.
*guarantee not guaranteed.
If anyone wants some "fun stakes" Hi-Lo Evenings (Cash & or Tourneys) after I get home, I'm up for it!
Almost any midweek evening is fine by me.