January 26, 2011 11:05:05 PM EST
I'm not a PLO player much, but I would think if you've got people short-stacking you, it takes away some of your capabilities. Yes, they may be scared money, but it's also easier for them to get their entire stack into the pot and that keeps you from being able to run them over and push them off of hands (i.e. an arsenal for deep-stacked poker)
PLO was, to me, an always higher variance game that resulted in more coin-flips for stacks than you'd find in other game types. I'm sure there's obviously a skillset to it that I haven't developed due to not really studying/playing it much, however.
I used to play a good amount of 20/40 limit poker, mixed games mostly. But I'd also sometimes play 30/60 or 40/80. One day I wanted to take a shot at the 75/150 O.E. (omaha hi/lo, stud eight-or-better) game at Foxwoods. That was way over my bankroll. I think I bought in for maybe 4 grand, most of the guys there had 5-15 grand in front of them (many had been playing all night)
I made $1,350 in profit after a few hours, which was great. But the game wasn't something I would feel comfortable playing on a regular basis. What really caught me off guard is how mean everyone at the table was. I think the majority of guys were business owners, ran construction companies, etc.
Not one of them ever tipped the dealer, they were all miserable and constantly swore, yelled at the dealers, etc. You've got guys dragging four figure pots and they couldn't be bothered to toss a dollar the dealers way. Then you sit in a 2/4 limit game and some schmuck steals the blinds and he's tipping the dealer half the pot :P