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Originally Posted by FreeThinkMX420
the 4 max plo zoom psko had them playing 3 handed and headsup on 2 tables with 5 left. inexcusable imo. can u ensure this wont happen with any future 4 max events.
Live n-max tournaments typically go to the final table at n+1. However, this is not the case on Pokerstars
other than with 4max where the FT is at 5 so there isn't a heads up table. Luke did mention in the other thread that he's looking into doing FTs for 6max at 7 and 9max at 10 as is done live, which I personally disagree with for a number of reasons, but that's besides the point.
However, there was no 4max PLO event. It was a
3max event. Going by the n+1 FT standard, a 4 handed FT is what should happen and is what did happen. But making an exception for this non-standard format and doing a 5 handed FT seems reasonable seeing as heads up is so much different than 3 handed. Presumably however they were playing hand for hand at this point, so at least both tables were playing the same number of hands, but being heads up in a tournament with multiple tables remaining leaves the door pretty wide open for collusion, even passive non-spoken collusion, by the heads up duo to both ladder to the FT.
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Originally Posted by FreeThinkMX420
just seen there is a NL limit omaha format (event 43) . terrible format for a tournament. why would you have a format that you don't even have for cash games
When I read "NL limit," I was like
, is this some new funky format that's no limit pre and limit post or vice versa like PNL (pot limit pre, no limit post). But nah, it's just NLO. Tbh, I'm very surprised there aren't NLO cash game tables. NLO8 is a very popular game especially in hypers. And I've played NLO a lot in my home game and it's an awesome cash game -- the gamblers love it, they just shovel money into the pot really bad.
Personally, I feel Omaha plays much better NL in shortstacked situations as otherwise it's much harder to get your money all-in (certainly that increases the skill gap of the game, but makes it quite frustrating for inexperienced players).
Overall, keep in mind that just because something doesn't play well as deepstacked cash game doesn't mean it won't work in a shortstacked tournament format and vice versa.