A q for omguraemofugginjones

[ralphcif789]

I'm sure anybody could answer me this question but imo this question is specific to aaron, well maybe chewy (and a few other HS players as well), lol so yeah, anyone.

I'm going to be starting playing NL soon. I've been learning for over a year (Ben Sulsky taught me nearly everything he knows (via his blog)) and am ready to crush. I've got a good handle on NLHE and want to be good at this game. I feel theorywise, I almost understand the majority of concepts but need lots and lots of practical experience before I could even call myself a competent player. The question I want answering is (I dont know if this is the right term but) 'existential' in essence.

And it is, do I have to learn other forms of poker to consider myself a poker player? Now as far as I know, aejones and luckychewy only play NLHE, although that assumption could be v v v v wrong (just from knowing their videos on leggo), so in general, should I be planning months down the road to begin transitioning to PLO because that's what elite players do? Or should I just intend to be a killer at NL, and be content that Ivey and Antonius and Oppenheim can do it all?

The question is, am I really a poker player or not, if I'm solely focussed on 1 game, No Limit, and happy learning the game, developing as a player and grinding out the rent money?

[luckychewy]

lol of course youre still a poker player in your example

[aejones]

it's like anything else, some people are specialists and some are not. i would recommend people take times to learn other games, but the only one i've spent time with was plo and i haven't put as much effort as i'd need to to get elite at it.

[JamesMa]

I guess if u only play holdem then you'd be a holdem player.

[ralphcif789]

Originally Posted by JamesMa

I guess if u only play holdem then you'd be a holdem player.

Exactly. The poker players are playing a 10 game mix up at Bobby's Room. I only play 1000NL.

I would love to learn PLO but these fixed limit games don't seem particularly complex (again that assumption may be v v v wrong. And obv if they're that simple why don't i just learn them? Well, why dont I?)

[luckychewy]

you're asking us questions that only you can really answer. no one else can tell you if you should dabble in plo/limit holdem/other mixed games because it's a decision you should make for yourself. probably in your best interest to play some hands of each and see if you like it.