Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) is gaining in popularity in the world of Unibet poker. Hand people more cards and you will see fireworks. It’s an action game, but the belief that it is nothing more than gamble, gamble; gamble is an expensive fallacy. People learn it the hard way.

PLO players come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. You have tight types, loose types, great types and poor types. Sound familiar? It should do, because these types are also found in No Limit Hold’em (NLHE). There may be more cards, there may be more action, but this doesn’t mean that the game of PLO is mindless. It contains as much skill and technique as NLHE.

So how do you separate the weak from the strong?

There are many subtle, and not so subtle, differences between the very best and the very worst. Maybe one player is more intuitive than mathematical. With more borderline decisions being made, a good head for math is always going to be more desirable. You could have a player who always over values unsuited aces, or suited kings, and plays for stacks in situations where their opponent is always going to be ahead? They may get it in, constantly, with the nuts and yet their opponents always have the same hand with the additional redraws.

The reasons are varied. But more importantly there are reasons. PLO can be one of the most fun and enjoyable games in poker. It can also drain the colour from your cheeks quicker than a scalpel. Learn the game, and play well, and you will avoid the latter laceration.