angelo alba
10-11-2002, 11:20 PM
From a psychological perspective.
Outside of tournamets (Actually I'd love to hear what you think of tournmenats re this question ) or getting rich drunks to come over on Fri nights and play Indian Poker to Anaconda or something sillier.
A friend I respect (what the hell, he's a pro, I'm not) maintains it's Omaha Hi.
His reasoning is that despite the fact that Hold'em players know they shouldn't bet the hell out of a set or straight on the flop, they end up doing just that when they get a little discouraged.
In other words, they're more easily tempted to go on tilt. Whereas, say, old time 7 card stud players have generally learned their lessons re Hold ' Em and don't commit the mistakes which they so frequently did twenty years ago . .
So, what's your vote on the psych-poker variation most likely to succeed, and why?
Outside of tournamets (Actually I'd love to hear what you think of tournmenats re this question ) or getting rich drunks to come over on Fri nights and play Indian Poker to Anaconda or something sillier.
A friend I respect (what the hell, he's a pro, I'm not) maintains it's Omaha Hi.
His reasoning is that despite the fact that Hold'em players know they shouldn't bet the hell out of a set or straight on the flop, they end up doing just that when they get a little discouraged.
In other words, they're more easily tempted to go on tilt. Whereas, say, old time 7 card stud players have generally learned their lessons re Hold ' Em and don't commit the mistakes which they so frequently did twenty years ago . .
So, what's your vote on the psych-poker variation most likely to succeed, and why?