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12-17-2004, 10:05 PM
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game specialisation
ive been thinking about this lately. if you had to pick one game to specialize in besides holdem and you wanted to be a full time player which game would be the wisest choice. i ask this because i almost only play PLO and was wondering if in the long term i would be better served to play somthing like limit omaha high/low if it is more profitable in the long term, how good the games are, and its staying power and popularity. and it is freaking killing me never playing live anymore.
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#2
12-17-2004, 11:41 PM
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Re: game specialisation
I think I would choose 7 stud played for high.
You can always find a game, and often one at a decent money level. I've seen games as big as 150-300 Stud, and I'm sure they get bigger. Stud is here to stay, no matter what. On the other hand, with the new boom of holdem players, omaha may be the way to go. This is because holdem players tend to 'graduate' to Omaha after a while. If you're good at it before they get their, you will be able to take a good portion of their 'tuition' while they are still learning. Dov
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#3
12-18-2004, 12:01 AM
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Re: game specialisation
Depends on the casino you go to. In some rooms, stud is definatly the way to go. People learn lots of bad habits playing stud, and never bothered to study the game. On the other hand you go to some rooms and the stud players are all rocks. painfull and slow to play with them and see a decent return.
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#4
12-18-2004, 09:04 AM
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Re: game specialisation
[ QUOTE ]
On the other hand, with the new boom of holdem players, omaha may be the way to go. This is because holdem players tend to 'graduate' to Omaha after a while. If you're good at it before they get their, you will be able to take a good portion of their 'tuition' while they are still learning. [/ QUOTE ] Why would anyone graduate to the most boring form of poker? Yes, hold'em players who jump into a game of omaha because it looks juicy usually get robbed. But people who get robbed once does little for your bankroll. Omaha makes up for a lower and lower percentage of all games spread for each passing year I think, not a bigger and bigger.
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#5
12-19-2004, 05:51 AM
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Re: game specialisation
I'm curious why you consider Omaha to be the "most boring" form of poker? I find it to be quite interesting, especially the rote mechanism of playing limit hold em. Maybe I haven't played enough Omaha but I enjoy it...
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#6
12-19-2004, 02:11 PM
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Re: game specialisation
All depends on where you play. If you play on-line, I don't know. If you live on the east coast, the answer is almost certainly high-only stud. I think the same is true for California and probably Nevada, although I've never played in either place. Where I live, the best game to play other than hold'em is currently stud/8. It was hot a couple of years ago, died out completely, and is now making a small comeback. There is also a good Omaha/8 game that goes once a week, but I just don't care much for Omaha.
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#7
12-19-2004, 03:27 PM
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Re: game specialisation
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I'm curious why you consider Omaha to be the "most boring" form of poker? I find it to be quite interesting, especially the rote mechanism of playing limit hold em. Maybe I haven't played enough Omaha but I enjoy it... [/ QUOTE ] Because it's pure nut peddling. O/8 PL is somewhat interesting, but in limit form it's so amazingly boring.
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