Rick Nebiolo
05-04-2003, 03:21 PM
Is LIMIT Omaha high (NOT pot limit, NOT Omaha eight or better) being spread in any area of the country on a regular basis? Small, one or two table backroom cardrooms don't count and side action that only occurs during a major tournament doesn't count either.
I'm asking because a poker friend will be taking off from Los Angeles for a year or more traveling across the country. He plans on stopping in the major poker venues including Las Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico, Lake Charles, the Mississippi Coast, Tunica, Atlantic City, Foxwoods/Mohegan, and then back through the northern US hitting the major Indian casinos and riverboats, Pacific Northwest and Northern California before returning to Southern California. He plays the lower to middle limits (3/6 through 20/40).
Based on his one experience in Binion?s 4/8 limit Omaha game a few years ago (which I heard still goes) my friend thinks limit Omaha High is the best game around and he was told by a "reliable source" it is becoming increasingly popular outside California and in some places is more popular than holdem. I believe he is completely mistaken and studying this game would be a waste of time (Pot Limit Omaha High may be a different story but he is afraid of Pot and No Limit Poker).
I couldn't even find a limit Omaha High game online a while ago at three major sites. I do remember several 4/8 tables going at Binion's Horseshoe years ago and was told this game still goes 24/7. But other than that limit Omaha high never seems to come up on the various Internet forums other than to discuss how wrong certain authors were to predict it would be the "game of the future."
Any help is appreciated. In addition, any links to discussions on why the game failed would be helpful.
Regards,
Rick
I'm asking because a poker friend will be taking off from Los Angeles for a year or more traveling across the country. He plans on stopping in the major poker venues including Las Vegas, Arizona, New Mexico, Lake Charles, the Mississippi Coast, Tunica, Atlantic City, Foxwoods/Mohegan, and then back through the northern US hitting the major Indian casinos and riverboats, Pacific Northwest and Northern California before returning to Southern California. He plays the lower to middle limits (3/6 through 20/40).
Based on his one experience in Binion?s 4/8 limit Omaha game a few years ago (which I heard still goes) my friend thinks limit Omaha High is the best game around and he was told by a "reliable source" it is becoming increasingly popular outside California and in some places is more popular than holdem. I believe he is completely mistaken and studying this game would be a waste of time (Pot Limit Omaha High may be a different story but he is afraid of Pot and No Limit Poker).
I couldn't even find a limit Omaha High game online a while ago at three major sites. I do remember several 4/8 tables going at Binion's Horseshoe years ago and was told this game still goes 24/7. But other than that limit Omaha high never seems to come up on the various Internet forums other than to discuss how wrong certain authors were to predict it would be the "game of the future."
Any help is appreciated. In addition, any links to discussions on why the game failed would be helpful.
Regards,
Rick