Re: Besides Razz, is O8 the most luck-driven game out there?
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Cripes, I am trying to learn O8 right now, playing some low buyin SnGs, and it's just a chip spewing fest that feels more like a lottery than poker. Even playing nice and tight doesn't help a bit, it seems. Just crazy hand after crazy hand, with no idea what anyone is holding and no idea why they're betting, ever.
I'm beginning to wonder if the game is even worth it to learn, frankly ...
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Avoid limit Omaha-8 SNGs. The luck factor is just too high. Hands tend to run close in value preflop or in shorthanded pots postflop, so these become a total crapshoot after the first few levels. Limit Omaha-8 ring games are worth playing if the game is very loose, and if that's the case they will be more profitable than holdem or stud. Pot-limit Omaha-8 is a great game against bad players, but not suprisingly very few of them play it.
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