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How hard is Omaha?
Some questions for all you Omaha experts:
- How long would it take a profficient winning $400 NLHE player to learn Omaha sufficiently well to beat the $400 level? How long to become one of the better $400 players? How long did it take you to master the game? - Is the game really as juicy as it seems? I have no expertise at all, yet from the few k hands I have played even I can see some truly awful players at the $400 level and I also see lots of $ going into the pot very frequently, seems like a solid players winrate could far exceed NLHE. - How big is the player pool on Party? Can you always find a good game? - The variance at NLHE is not too much of a problem IMO. Omaha seems a little different, would anyone mind posting some SD figures? How many buy-ins do you operate on? - I understand Reuben & Ciaffone are the best starting points in terms of reading. What else is good? Thanks in advance... |
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Re: How hard is Omaha?
I'm just starting out but I would love to hear these questions answered.
All I have to add is that Ciaffone's Omaha book is out of print, but I got a photocopied version through the gamblersbook.com I think. Worth every penny, all the used copies on Amazon here in the UK were going for astronomical prices! |
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Re: How hard is Omaha?
Hi Goldstone,
I'm not really an Omaha "expert" per say but here are some answers. [ QUOTE ] - How long would it take a profficient winning $400 NLHE player to learn Omaha sufficiently well to beat the $400 level? How long to become one of the better $400 players? How long did it take you to master the game? [/ QUOTE ] I play the $200 level s/handed at the moment. I think that a good poker player/thinker can become proficient to this level fairly quickly (maybe 10,000 hands) [ QUOTE ] Is the game really as juicy as it seems? I have no expertise at all, yet from the few k hands I have played even I can see some truly awful players at the $400 level and I also see lots of $ going into the pot very frequently, seems like a solid players winrate could far exceed NLHE. [/ QUOTE ] Like any poker game some of the plays and players that seem retarted are actually quite decent but yes upto the $200 level I have had no problem finding fish. [ QUOTE ] How big is the player pool on Party? Can you always find a good game? [/ QUOTE ] Small. At the $200 level during UK evenings there is normally upto 4 s/handed games going and about the same at the $400 level. There seems to be a core set of regulars and a number of people taking shots or trying a different game. It's not possible to achieve the 6-8 tabling of Limit and NL holdem unless you spread across a number of sites and even then you are probably in virtually every online game going at that time. [ QUOTE ] The variance at NLHE is not too much of a problem IMO. Omaha seems a little different, would anyone mind posting some SD figures? How many buy-ins do you operate on? [/ QUOTE ] The omaha variance is brutal. If you search for Big Dave D's post he has some stuff on it. My PT database has me at 50BB/100. My sample size is smallish however. [ QUOTE ] I understand Reuben & Ciaffone are the best starting points in terms of reading. What else is good? [/ QUOTE ] This forum is good. I also found this website helpful Omaha but there isn't a great deal of literature out there. |
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