Each week, we take a look at the game of poker making it to the written page in one form or another. This week, popular poker author Jeff Hwang’s look at going from NHLE To PLO is put in the spotlight.

Adapting to modern day poker isn’t so straight forward as playing Game Theory Optimal (GTO) strategy and sticking to No Limit Hold’em. In the 2008 book Pot Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy by Jeff Hwang, the idea of swapping the two-card game for the four-card game is explored as an appealing one by the writer in question.

Pot Limit Omaha is of course now one of the most well-loved poker formats to play, and with many PLO tournaments around the world, including many each year at the World Series of Poker, players have embraced the game now. This book is not for you if you’re already au fait with PLO to such a standard that you wouldn’t need advice on how to swap no limit skills for the four-card game.

PLO’s appeal is that bigger pots and more action are virtually guaranteed by the structure of the event and the fact that four cards means more hands are open to turn your hand into a winning one.