PLO pros slam SCOOP Omaha final table as 'one of the weakest'
After our article on the final table of the main SCOOP Pot-Limit Omaha event was published, the editorial team took note of the first comment from Andrei "Premove10" Skvortsov:
"As expected for one of the weakest final tables in a $5K buy-in PLO—some of the weakest play I've seen."
To explore this further, we invited Nikolai "NikolasDLP" Prokhorov, a high-stakes MTT regular in Pot-Limit Omaha, to share his perspective.
On the field: I haven't played on Stars since 2022. Compared to GG, this final table, in my view, doesn't measure up to the level of regular $500 tournaments on GG. It's closer to the $100–$200 range. The only exception is the Danish player Prudently—clearly a standout. I remember him from Stars as a PLO 5K player. When I reviewed the final table, I noticed he has a surprisingly strong grasp of ICM—push/fold dynamics and so on—almost as if he'd specifically studied MTT strategy. Cash-game PLO players don't usually have those skills. He's clearly a strong PLO player who's adapted to the nuances of MTTs.
The broader question: You have PLO cash-game specialists, NLH MTT regulars, and PLO tournaments. Which matters more—the Omaha format or the tournament structure? From my perspective, PLO skills weigh heavier. Though NLH MTT players might disagree.
First, I can say with confidence that a PLO player will find it easier to adapt to these MTTs than an NLH MTT specialist. Second—and I'm not sure how well this will land—but in my experience, most NLH MTT players in Omaha come across as semi-fish. At some point, I fell out of touch with the current NLH MTT rankings and stopped tracking who's a top player and who isn't. But when I started playing more NLH tournaments, including high-stakes ones, I realized I'd marked a solid number of supposed "top" players as fish—because I'd faced them in Omaha events. And I'm not talking about tilt-induced misclicks; I only tag someone as a fish when they're clearly out of their depth. Then I'll check, and sure enough, they're in the top three of GG Millions. Okay, I think, maybe I misjudged—they must be a reg. But I've never labeled a PLO regular as a outright fish. I might think they make mistakes or play suboptimally, but never a fish.
Omaha's preflop equity distribution is much tighter than in Hold'em, and equity shifts dramatically on later streets—a single runout can completely flip the equity and nut dynamics. Hold'em players don't fully grasp this nuance. Their strategy is built differently. Most NLH MTT players struggle with it, though a few have adapted impressively.
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