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10-21-04, 11:44 PM
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In an effort to bring some sanity back to this thread ...
"Buddy, if you are complaining about beats in limit holdem, then you would blow your mind in omaha. O8 would drive you completely bonkers." I'll go on record as saying Omaha in general drives me completely bonkers every hand. I have a handle on HL, at least enough to do alright at the lower limits and in the great fish tank that is Party. But Omaha I can't even begin to get a handle on. Every hand seems like a potential monster, though obviously this is not the case. Do you all find you choose a game to specialize in, or are you working on mastering both? |
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10-22-04, 12:06 AM
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I always do everything possible to improve all of my poker games, not just holdem and omaha. If you're a good holdem player, dont assume you know what you're doing in omaha. Draws are what O8B is all about, since you basically have 6 possible holdem hands combined in one. You really have to know your math to be good at O8B, and you have to be even better at figuring out odds on the fly in PLO, where you have to deal with pot odds every single time you enter a pot. I might write an article about omaha for this site, but for now only one about PLO or O8B, not both. First person to say which they want to hear about will get their choice, if i get some nice comments about that article then i'll write an article about the other form of omaha.
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10-22-04, 01:52 AM
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O8B.
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10-22-04, 03:54 PM
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O8B is all about the nuts. People will often suck out in lower limit games. Swings are generally much higher. I find that you have to be even more selective with your starting hands because if you are playing a weak starting hand, chances are you are going to catch at least a piece of the pot and it could actually cost you a lot of money to catch a piece of the flop, because unless they are the nuts, you're in trouble. I will generally only play A2, A3 with good support, or any 3 wheel cards other than 345. Otherwise, I am usually folding unless I have 4 high cards over 9, AA, or A x suited with a pair.
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10-22-04, 03:54 PM
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I like LHE, NLHE, and Stud H/L 8B.
I never thought I would play stud, but I came in contact w/ someone who is disgusting at Stud HL and he basically game me a free lesson. Then I played a Stars Stud HL freeroll: 6000 entrants... I busted out 26th. It's a good game.
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