Dear Adam,

can you give some basic principles for playing PLO tournaments? To me it seems to be that there is a tension between the nature of PLO and the basics of tournament play: PLO is a drawing game where no hand is a huge favorite over another before the flop. Many times on the flop you will have a strong draw or are up against a strong draw. But in tournaments, draws are death once the blinds become meaningful. Also, in a NL holdem tournament, once you get seriously short stacked, you move in before the flop once you have a hand that is likely to dominate other hands. But in PLO there are no really dominating hands... So how do you avoid in a PLO tournament that your fate is decided by the outcome of a lot of draws?

Any help appreciated,

Pieter

ha ha, tee hee hee, make sure some of the draw luck, goes to THEE.!!!!


Well, my friend here's your answer. I would suggest the rebuy tournaments, and be willing to take major gambles, early in the tournametn. If you can build up a GIGANTOR stack, early, you are in a position to aviod busting out later, on some miricle draw.

Yesterday, with the blinds at 30-60, I won a 12,000, YES 12K !!!! pot. Man, what a HUGE HUGE HUGE stack, for that level. Because of the rebuy nature, the players are willng to gameble, LIKE PIGS. So, if you have a 50-60% draw, and 4 people are willing to call, GAMBLE UP!!!

Now, later on, the blinds will NOT be a threat, so you will not have to try to capture them, with your premium pair hands.

The nature and essence of PLO, is DRAW, you cannot change it, or avoid it.

If you really cannot stand draws, ATE would suggest playing games, where the made hand is much more of a favorite over draw.


PL Draw poker, on 24h, comes to mind here. Hi low stud

Thanks Adam, I'll give it a shot.

Btw, impressive job in the O8 tournament friday!

Pieter