Second most popular game?

Phil Hellmuth says in his book: "Omaha eight or better (O8B) is the world's second most popular poker game right now"
Is it really that popular?

[SheridanCat]

Well, Texas Hold'em has about 90% of the room share - live - these days. After that Stud, Stud/8 and Omaha/8 divide up the rest.

I would say that low limit stud has an edge over Omaha/8.

This is based on Midwest and Vegas play. I hear the East Coast still has stud games.

Regards,

T

So, is stud dying?

[SheridanCat]

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So, is stud dying?

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It is where I play, yes. Not that I have much problem with 1-5 stud games going away.

T

[Twitch1977]

I believe O8 is a lot more popular overseas then it is in North America and gets more room share then Hold'em over there. Just what I remember hearing once, can't verify that it's true.

T

[SheridanCat]

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I believe O8 is a lot more popular overseas then it is in North America and gets more room share then Hold'em over there. Just what I remember hearing once, can't verify that it's true.


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Yes, I understand this to be true. Omaha in all it's formats is very populare in Europe. There's also a 5-card sort of Omaha played in France...Chevalier? Maybe?

Regards,

T

[Quicksilvre]

It was three years ago, when he wrote the book. Nowadays, it depends where you are. In Europe and the South, it's Omaha high; in the West, it's O8 (?) and on the East Coast it's stud.