Re: The attraction of omaha
 

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they also have omaha high only at sunset station in henderson they play 4-8 there

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so far the only places in vegas i've found a consistent game of Omaha Hi has been sunset and boulder...

sunset was full of old people, and i mean old... kinda scary if you ask me as im used to a more younger crowd and not seeing people raise with aces full sorta baffles me... the same people play like solid rocks and only raise nuts, and will only do it once.

boulder on the other hand is ALSO full of old people (I guess omaha is an old peoples game?) however boulder has a rougher crowd and so is the game.... I say rougher because these guys look like they been down and out for years.... alot more chasers at boulder, etc....

there are four typical type of players at boulder/sunset omaha:

1. asian lady 50+/fat white lady 40+/old grandma type 65+
2. solid rock 70+ OR asian dude 50+
3. compulsive 40+ dude with no idea & dirty fingers
4. 50+ dude who knows how to play (leave the table already)

keep in mind that sometimes #1 is a rock, however she will always deviate back to that chase once she has a big loss, especially to #3

#2 has a bedtime of about 11:00pm, so that'll open up more seats to #3, who seems to dominate the game at boulder. While at sunset #4's and #1's dominate the game, which makes it a drop more challenging

HOWEVER im 100% sure that both of these games are extremely profitable..

just my take on things, I should probably get back to playing hold-em [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

The one time I played Omaha High at Boulder Station, ACJ and I were up against a lineup of ALL #3 clueless gambl00rs deluxe, neither of us could hit a thing though, I definitely recommend the game!

Sample of what I recall:

Showdown of 5 players, ALL 5 hands I wouldn't call PF with YOUR $.

One guy played ALL SPADES: J752 type shiite.

Seeing hands, no one except the BB should play was the norm.

Would you cap PF with 99Q4?

-Bri

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

How big was the PLO game at the MGM? I'm going to be in Vegas this weekend (at the Mirage) and I'm looking for a PLO game that mere mortals like me can afford.

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

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1. asian lady 50+/fat white lady 40+/old grandma type 65+
2. solid rock 70+ OR asian dude 50+
3. compulsive 40+ dude with no idea & dirty fingers
4. 50+ dude who knows how to play (leave the table already)

While at sunset #4's and #1's dominate the game, which makes it a drop more challenging


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I can literally see Sunset Station from my porch and I've put in a lot of hours there. The idea that anyone who knows how to play is the dominant personality at the Omaha table there is bizarre. While there are a couple of regulars who are not clueless, that game is overall a sucker-fest.

SpaceAce

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

This was a couple of years back, but Harrahs in New Orleans used to consistently spread a PL as well as a 15-30 Omaha Hi game...not sure about now though...back then the two main games they had there were Stud and Omaha Hi. Then they had a couple of tables of half-hold'em, half omaha tables where they'd play an orbit of hold'em and an orbit of omaha-hi. That was a 1-4-8-8 spread-limit game with 1-2 blinds. Don't know about now though.

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

As far as omaha high only, expect an incredibly high variance / SD with only a slightly higher win rate than hold'em.

as for omaha high/low, expect mostly a bunch of elderly local rocks who love to argue and are basically little more than nits who love the fact that most hands have half the pot given to whichever idiot can get dealt A2 the most often.

al

Re: The attraction of omaha
 

I play at Harrah's in NOLA fairly often. They is alwayst at least one table of $1-$4-$8-$8 half hold 'em/half Omaha high. They occasionally have a $4-$8 or a $15-$30 Omaha high game. I've seen an "interest" list for the PLO game (with $10/$25 blinds!), but have never seen it dealt.

The dealers there are never that great, but they all know how to deal the Omaha games, and the players in the spread half&half game all seem to know how to play i.e. I haven't seen anyone misread their hand. (They know the rules, anyway. Most will see every flop with any four cards.)