Any Omaha H/L players out there?

Just curious.  I'm just started giving it a whirl.  I think there's money to made here.  After years and years of douchbags playing Hold'em, eventually people are going to start to drift to new games.  Here in Las Vegas it's happening already, younger and younger people are starting to play the old man's game cause they're getting tired of Hold'em.  Mixed games are getting more and more popular.

Master a few other games and you're gonna make a killing in the near future, I'm sure of it.

I can play them all...

 

 

I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago and the Venetian had a sweet 8 - 16 mixed game going most nights during their Deep Stack tournaments

 

we played

 

 

Hold'em

Stud

Stud/8

Razz

Omaha

Omaha/8

2-7 TD

A-5 TD

 

 

 

alot of fun.....trust me it's so worth it to be able to play all the games well

 

 

also the 4 - 8 Omaha/8 game at the Orleans was like taking candy from a baby

 

soooooo soft

 

 

if I lived in vegas I would play in that game at least a few times a week

In the SF bay area, there are some Omaha H/L games, but they are mostly very tight players who will only play the nuts. If you are playing vs those types of players then you obvioulsy can't play tight, you have to play a little looser, and pick up some big hands where the rocks don't draw out, or where they are playing a hi-lo hand but you end up getting the nut full house, and their low doesn't come.

everyone plays an A2, anything, but it is a good idea to have like an A2 3Q prefereably suited 1 way or 2. Then you have a backup on the low if you are counterfeited. if the board is  5 6 7 K 2  , and you have A2, well you had the nut low on the flop, but now A 3, A4  beats you. If you had the backup you have a lot more options to win. Also I have had good success just throwing away most hands that have a 6,7,8 or 9 in O HL, as if you ht straights with these hands then there will probably be a low also splitting the pot. If you make 8 hgh flushes they may not be ny good. Middle sets tend to get destroyed.

If you are a hold'em player trying Omaha/8 for the first time, remember this advice. Since you are starting with more cards than you are in hold'em, you must have tighter starting hand requirements than you do in hold'em. You're going to like the looks of your cards and want to play more, but don't fall into that trap.

Omaha/8 is a game of flushes and full houses. Two pair is very strong in hold'em but very weak in Omaha/8. A high pocket pair is a terrible hand unimproved. A straight can be strong if you have the high end, but be very careful with straights if the board shows three suited cards or a pair. For example, if there are more than two people in the pot and there are three of a suit on the board, the odds are extremely high that someone has a flush. In general the temptation for you to draw will be huge. Also, remember you're trying to scoop the pot; don't play for just half the pot.

Playing for half the pot will get you broke so fast it's scary. 

Most Omaha hands, you can find something good about them, a pair, or suited or connected. It really takes experience to figure which hands are good long term. Of course any hand can flop quads or the nuts, but that won't help you playng all day, you have to be soldi and selective.

id like to play it no one really plays anything but nl holdem in my area the local casino at mountaineer basically only has nl holdem and a few junk limit games (3-6 usually the biggest).  i wish they had like 10 20 limit 15 30 limit because the ppl all suck at limit holdem there.

anyone else playing the PLO/8 Full Tilt FTOPS event today?

 

 

I'm playing....good luck if your in the event

 

 

 

I have been playing this game more, when it is available, with some success. (I got a Royal flush and the bonus was $500 , so that made it a good day) I have been playing maybe 75% of the hands i get, chucking only just the very worst hands. Most guys in these games play tight, and you often have guys chasing lows and then getting quartered, so I am mostly looking toohit high hands, So some of these guys look at me like I am a fish, which is fine, because I am cashing out most of the time. Sometimes I will hit a gutshot, but the key is, for example if you need 1 card for a broadway straight, and it will make the nuts w/ no low, you nhave to chase it if the pot is big. scooping pots is big in this game.