How profitable is Omaha HL online?

[CinnamonWind]

I enjoy Omaha 8 more than any other game, and I am wonndering if it is viable online...

I'm posting this here because I'd sort of like to hear from a broad cross section of people, if possible. I will post it in the Omaha forum in good time, never fear. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Rudbaeck]

I find that people are in general even worse at O/8 than at hold'em. Only problem is that during non-peak hours the game selection might be a bit small.

[grandgnu]

The problem is that you can get pushed out of decent hands pre-flop by the idiots at the $25 PL Omaha hi/lo tables who raise like maniacs before the flop with hands like K/9/K/9 (just my experience)

But yeah, I enjoy this game whether it's limit or pot limit. And 7-stud hi/lo can be a fun game as well. Good luck.

[Iceman]

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I enjoy Omaha 8 more than any other game, and I am wonndering if it is viable online...

I'm posting this here because I'd sort of like to hear from a broad cross section of people, if possible. I will post it in the Omaha forum in good time, never fear. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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3-6 and higher limit Omaha-8 games online are usually lousy. There are a lot of strong players and very few fish - so you don't get the huge fields of mostly garbage hands that make this game profitable.

Pot-limit Omaha-8 games vary greatly. Sometimes they're very good, usually they're terrible - lots of rocks and very few action players who make dumb calls postflop. I think overall they're generally less profitable than no-limit holdem or pot-limit Omaha high for someone who plays all three games well.

Pot-limit Omaha-8 SNGs can be very profitable if you find a table with lots of dead money. When they were just introduced,it was possible to finish in the money at least 2/3 of the time. The quality of play has improved with time, but they are still very beatable, at least at the 30+3 level.

[Rudbaeck]

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But yeah, I enjoy this game whether it's limit or pot limit. And 7-stud hi/lo can be a fun game as well. Good luck.

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7cs hi/lo is probably the most fun form of poker there is. I'm working on hooking my thursday night gamers on this.

[CinnamonWind]

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I enjoy Omaha 8 more than any other game, and I am wonndering if it is viable online...

I'm posting this here because I'd sort of like to hear from a broad cross section of people, if possible. I will post it in the Omaha forum in good time, never fear. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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3-6 and higher limit Omaha-8 games online are usually lousy. There are a lot of strong players and very few fish - so you don't get the huge fields of mostly garbage hands that make this game profitable.

Pot-limit Omaha-8 games vary greatly. Sometimes they're very good, usually they're terrible - lots of rocks and very few action players who make dumb calls postflop. I think overall they're generally less profitable than no-limit holdem or pot-limit Omaha high for someone who plays all three games well.

Pot-limit Omaha-8 SNGs can be very profitable if you find a table with lots of dead money. When they were just introduced,it was possible to finish in the money at least 2/3 of the time. The quality of play has improved with time, but they are still very beatable, at least at the 30+3 level.

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That's very helpful thanks. I played SNGs for my first two O8 experiences ever, and I got second in one and first in the other. Seemed like people really stunk, but I was probably also really lucky.

[AncientPC]

This is only what I've heard from doing a bit of reading during my stint into limit O8, while better hands stay good more often in O8 than in HE there is not much difference between a better than average O8 player and a great O8 player.

Also, most of the money is in HE at the moment and that's where most of the fish are.