How did you get started?

kyleb · #1 06-04-2005, 01:12 AM

Just wondering to all the players out there - how did you get started playing Omaha/8? I initially started as a NL Hold 'em grinder on Party for 9 months then eventually found a love of Stud/8 from a friend's suggestion (actually got my start at Viejas Casino in San Diego), and read Ray Zee's book on split poker.

From there, I found way too much value in the PL Omaha8 games on Party and Prima, so I finally switched over and I've been loving it ever since. More decisions due to the PL and split pot style of the game creates more bad plays from my opponents, or so it seems like.

Just wondering how you all got your split poker kick!

Mr_J · #2 06-04-2005, 01:39 AM

I was a casino bonus hustler (back in first half of '03). Asked about poker and someone recommend O8 since it was easy to profit at. I played maybe half an hour. Only started playing poker again in late december, but sngs. I played these for around 4 months and did very well, but I just didn't like putting in any hours. So now I've changed back to O8 (and can in hours easily, yesterday I played for maybe 8 hrs).

Ironman · #3 06-04-2005, 08:40 AM

I play once or twice at our club here in town. I started 4 or 5 years ago.

All the games are high low.

One of the games in the dealer's choice is Omaha and I spent the first couple years saying to myself..."two and only two".

Dave

Tailgunner · #4 06-04-2005, 01:36 PM

Like so many, I caught NLHE fever a few years back and discovered I actually had a talent for it... in the process of researching and developing my game I started reading articles on other variations of poker. I've played stud and draw since I was a kid, but this was my first introduction to Omaha. I found that skill in other games improved my performance in all of them, helping me to "think outside the box", so I worked to learn as much as I could about them all. What really appealed to me about O/8 was that luck is not as much a factor as it is in Hold-em, and I've been playing ever since.

As far as split-pot types.. with so many people playing for half the pot there's a lot more potential to make money if you play to scoop. There's so many more things you have to consider about your hand in a split pot situation and a lot of people don't have the skill to do it (but it doesn't bother them, because half the pot is better than none, right?) They'll fall back into their comfort zones, and eventually give up their stacks. Call me a pessimist, but if I split, the pot isn't half full, it's half empty [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]