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Originally Posted by busticator
On a more positive note, I would like to discuss your shot-taking strategy in 5/5. I have a couple of ideas that sort of worked for me. Hopefully, it's OK to discuss them in this thread.
You know this is an excellent way to introduce yourself to 5/5 PLO, seems to me. That said, playing shortstack strategy and being very very tight, the variance is still crazy compared to NLHE.
I've been sitting on the 5/5 table while I'm waiting for a 1/2 to open up, about half a dozen times, and buy in for a 500 dollar shortstack and tell myself, to fold every time, I'm just killing time waiting, but if I have great cards and I like my position, get it all in ASAP. I've done this 7 times and I've more than doubled up 3 times before going to my 1/2 table, 2 times I haven't played a hand, 1 time I posted a small loss (120) and only one time I went busto. Having a big stack is really no advantage to someone playing a proper short stack strategy. The short stack has the advantage, if selective enough. When you play, you're looking to get it in, and if you do it right, you'll have the best hand when you do. You can't be bullied off because you want it in. It's still a crazy crazy game, but my point is it's a great way to learn the game IMHO. Once you get the feel, you can play a proper stack. You gotta have a big roll to play the game that way though.
Big stack players might complain, becasuse they have to adjust to your style, you're not adjusting to there style, big stack style sort of plays into your hands. And with multiple sized stacks at the table it can get a little nutty, but if you patient, this is really a good way to learn the game. I'd be interested in hearing disenting views. I think the most PLO players can say is they don't like smallstackers and it ruins the game, but I think maily that comes from them having to avoid hands with them or float in against a player that is obviously playing tight good hands and won't back down in hands he does play. I don't agree, obviously, I think having a couple shortstackers at the table makes things more dynamic, adding even more variance to an already nutty game.