Straight $2 betting structure in Omaha.

[graarrg]

Thanks to Florida law, casino poker here is limited to max $2 bets, leaving the only limit casinos are willing to run: $1/2. To make a "higher-stakes" game that still followed the law, they set the game to a straight 2 structure, ie. 2/2. Preflop, 2 to call, 3 raises capped at $8. flop, same. turn, same. river, same.

As I see it, it's like $2/4 game with shitty implied odds or an expensive preflop $1/2 game.

My question is, how does it affect omaha? I follow the "get in for as cheaply as possible before the flop" concept, and I know that I really have many misgivings about calling $8 for any hands but the top 5. The only possible advantage I see to this betting structure is that you can really sap people for money on the flop especially if your hand is very far ahead in value.

Anyone have any experience with this? How badly do the expensive preflop and flop calls hurt a good player? even when there are no raises, it is as if there is one raise to you in a standard game, and there is no gathering information/taking off another card on the flop for cheap.


Sigh. At least the players are bad.

Edit: How it affects hold'em too is also interesting. because some hands in hold'em run farther apart in value, a preflop cap to $8 with AA might not be too bad, would it?

[Ironman]

Graarrg,

I don't have any experience with Florida poker, but I remember reading one of Mike Cappelletti's articles on this subject at cardplayer.com

I remember he was very reluctant to play, but found the games to be very profitable.

Good luck,
Dave (I'm sorry I don't have a link to the article)