PLO is quickly increasing its popularity in the poke community. It has been popular in Europe and in the circle of high stakes poker world for a long time – but thanks to the presence of low-stakes PLO on the Internet, it's now gaining a solid reputation amongst other poker games.

PLO is also a game of strategies but before you'll know about them, make sure that you know the notions of the game and what makes PLO dissimilar from other poker games.

plo is all about action. In the game you are given four hole cards and there are five community cards. Even players who are not so good in the game can still receive a great hand and compensation.

This holds true to those who settle in PLO from playing Texas Hold 'Em assumes that any flush is the greatest hand in the game and having a pair of aces will give them an edge. These converts usually are failed Texas Hold 'Em players, so there is a small chance they are going to excel at PLO as well.

2 PLO the starting hands for all players run very close in value compared to Texas Hold 'Em – being a 60/40 favorite during pre-flop seldom happens.

People who are successful in Hold 'Em during pre-flop will have a hard time going to post-flop in PLO, that's how they fail in the game. But it doesn't necessarily mean that you don't need any strategic play in Hold 'Em during post-flop but it is believe that's it's easier to go post-flop in Hold 'Em compared to PLO. In Hold 'Em, you can become an 80/20 favorite with KK against 88 but in PLO most confrontations can be like AK against JJ.

3 PLO you need the nuts in order to win. If you don't have the nuts or not waiting for a draw that will make your hand a nut then it's time to fold.

The second-nut flush is not a good hand in PLO. And hands with no nuts are just for back up. If you have a good hand then someone in PLO can have a better hand than you.

plo depends heavily on big draws, re-draws, blocking and back up. In PLO, how big of a draw can you encounter? It's viable to have a 20 out straight draw in PLO (for instance having a hole card of 4589 and a 67K flop – any 3, 4,5,8,9 or Ten can make you hand) which is more than favorable on having a set of Kings. But think if you'll also have a flush draw to accompany that!

Re-draw happens when you and another player flop or turn the nuts, but still you have a redraw to a better hand. For example, if the flop shows TJQ and another player has AKT5 and you have a hand of AKQJ; you will have a chance to re-draw a full house with your two pair Q and J.

Backup and blocking card go together.  These two relates to non-nut draws and re-draws you might possess that will either win the pot if they hit with the succeeding flop (backup) or lessen the probabilities that the other players might draw out on you (blocking).

One good illustration of a blocking card is when you're sure that the other player is drawing to hand like a nut flush however you're lucky enough to possess two or three cards of the same suit. An instance of having a backup card is when you flopped a top set and also waiting for a draw of gut-shot straight to accompany it