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Any Omaha H/L players out there?

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Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 04:47 PM

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Just curious. I'm just started giving it a whirl. I think there's money to made here. After years and years of douchbags playing Hold'em, eventually people are going to start to drift to new games. Here in Las Vegas it's happening already, younger and younger people are starting to play the old man's game cause they're getting tired of Hold'em. Mixed games are getting more and more popular.

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Weathered says:

07/16/08 05:57PM

I can play them all...

I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago and the Venetian had a sweet 8 - 16 mixed game going most nights during their Deep Stack tournaments

we played

Hold'em

Stud

Stud/8

Razz

Omaha

Omaha/8

2-7 TD

A-5 TD

alot of fun.....trust me it's so worth it to be able to play all the games well

Weathered says:

07/16/08 05:58PM

also the 4 - 8 Omaha/8 game at the Orleans was like taking candy from a baby

soooooo soft

if I lived in vegas I would play in that game at least a few times a week

Weathered says:

07/17/08 01:58PM

If you are a hold'em player trying Omaha/8 for the first time, remember this advice. Since you are starting with more cards than you are in hold'em, you must have tighter starting hand requirements than you do in hold'em. You're going to like the looks of your cards and want to play more, but don't fall into that trap.

Omaha/8 is a game of flushes and full houses. Two pair is very strong in hold'em but very weak in Omaha/8. A high pocket pair is a terrible hand unimproved. A straight can be strong if you have the high end, but be very careful with straights if the board shows three suited cards or a pair. For example, if there are more than two people in the pot and there are three of a suit on the board, the odds are extremely high that someone has a flush. In general the temptation for you to draw will be huge. Also, remember you're trying to scoop the pot; don't play for just half the pot.

Playing for half the pot will get you broke so fast it's scary.

Weathered says:

08/07/08 01:20PM

anyone else playing the PLO/8 Full Tilt FTOPS event today?

I'm playing....good luck if your in the event

Weathered says:

08/27/08 02:03PM

thats the way it is with most smaller rooms...one of the reasons I have been lazy about going down there....

I play in a solid mixed game here in Ohio.... of Limit Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, Razz, Stud Hi-Lo, 2 - 7 and A - 5 Triple Draw

we also throw in No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha into the mix as well....

we play 6 handed and it's a really good game most nights when I sit....

tinfish says:

09/04/08 12:55PM

off topic.

check this link to what was taped to every utah players locker last night.

http://www.utefans.net/message.php?id=665958

Godfather16 says:

09/11/08 04:10AM

I have been playing this game more, when it is available, with some success. (I got a Royal flush and the bonus was $500 , so that made it a good day) I have been playing maybe 75% of the hands i get, chucking only just the very worst hands. Most guys in these games play tight, and you often have guys chasing lows and then getting quartered, so I am mostly looking toohit high hands, So some of these guys look at me like I am a fish, which is fine, because I am cashing out most of the time. Sometimes I will hit a gutshot, but the key is, for example if you need 1 card for a broadway straight, and it will make the nuts w/ no low, you nhave to chase it if the pot is big. scooping pots is big in this game.

packersbackers says:

09/11/08 12:30PM

gotta admit, PLO is the new game everyone 'wants' to play, but most can't afford to play...the pots get massive from the first shuffle and people will go broke much faster if this game finds its way into all casinos.

i played my first ever live PLO at Niagara Falls this summer (blinds were 5-10, buyin was 200-1000), and i loved the action and the pots were really juicy, but i saw people get stuck large amounts of money because of the action nature of the game and their lack of ability to fold preflop.

in about 3 hours, i recall only playing 6 hands, winning 4 of them by either taking it down on the flop or the turn with pot sized raises with the current nuts. but i had just as much fun watching the other players battle it out whenever i was not in the hand.

nice game, but very dangerous to your bankroll if you don't know how to fold preflop!

packersbackers says:

09/11/08 12:30PM

and it was not a split game, omaha high only

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