I really just cannot comment on Omaha Hi-Lo strategy (8) ATM. I have not played nearly enough of it. I can see the logic in betting the nut low if you can induce a fold though.

As far as pre-flop agression. If you can get it HU with the better hand, then I think you are getting positive EV. I used to run a strategy of re-raising raisers with AAxx double suited in PLO, aiming to make a big pot and then typically pot bet the flop. However you the pot bet only gets called by better hands and then you are in serious poo. So after losing too many TRs that way and not stacking people enough, I’ve gone off that approach.

There is another reason I tend not to get to agressive PF. Unless it is a raise and a re-raise, anyone who will call for a buck, usually calls for $3.5, so you don’t thin the field very much (and arguably the nature of the game says you don’t want to thin the field anyway). Secondly, if someone limped Aces and then has the chance to re-raise, you are suddenly faced with having to pay a very high entry fee for your premium drawing hand….and what’s worse is that you will be playing it against a smaller field where there is zero pot protection and drawing odds go out the window.

So I have chopped and changed heaps with pre flop agression in PLO but I keep coming back to limping is the best policy with all hands.

I am also in two minds about post flop agression. I have lost dozens of TRs re-raising and getting all in with wrap draws only to find that they either don’t hit, or do hit but make a flush. Its a pretty rare day when you get a wrap and nut flush draw but that would be about the only time I could justify huge agression on a drawing hand.

The other scenario I frequently encounter is trips with which you want to charge drawing hands. Best approach here I think is to make the big bet on the turn when there is only 1 card to come. Having said that, I lost $150 in a single hand yesterday when I smooth called top set on the flop and then check raised all-in over 3 players on the turn. One dude still called with a flush draw and hit his 5 to 1 shot with 2 to 1 odds. Technically I won alot of money on the hand and I don’t regret the way I played it. But that sort of calling is just too common. So I am happier to give 1 free or cheep card and then belt the pot on the turn which seems to force much bigger errors than progressively building on flop and turn. Because the pot becomes so large by the turn, compared to the call price, that implied odds can almost justify a legitimate call.

All in all, it is a game which rewards extreme patience with massive pots. Its just vitally important to remember that patience is the first ingredient.

Anyway, as usual for me, this is completely off topic, being only about PLO, but it was particuarly in response to your thoughts about agression.