Where is there a good strategy book on higher-limit Omaha 8?

I've had 2100.00 + run with 2 tournament cash outs, an excellent night on 3-6 Hold Em (310.00) and 3 very good nights on Omaha 8 4-8, half kill to 6-12.

I dropped a good amount in the 6-12 but considering with all the full kills, the game virtually was 10-20 with no kill. (Except I was the casualty this time. Now I know what it feels like when I run over others in the 4-8 half-kill)

Factoring in my worst night ever at 4-8, in which I nailed Hollywood on the flop with a redraw to the nut spade flush on the turn, only to be sucked out on by a novice with a 1-out to the ROYAL flush on the river and ended up just shy of 300 down for that night, what I dropped in the 10-20 game is not out of scope.

10-20 is 2.5 times higher, my loss wasn't that high.

We played a lot of short handed so I played hands such a A26x unsuited, or suited with an Ace, A35x, etc. And I'll be damned if not every time I did hit 2nd best, usually good enough to win, every time someone had A2xx and didn't get counterfeited. Or would hit nut low on the river. Just one of those nights, that's just poker.

My bankroll is still intact and I've got more than enough left for the level of game I can currently beat.

I've just never seen a night where a player to my right, if I hit on the flop and I'm solid on the turn, they nail the nuts every time. Not bad play on either of our parts.

OK, a lot of rambling. The situations I was calling in were correct enough to be in, since when you have the nuts you want draws to pay you.

I can see where I need more respect for my money but more importantly I need some good blog links, books, etc. on playing 10-20.

There's more ramble that substance here so if someone can hook up with me that I can bounce more specifics off of, that would be fantastic. I didn't play bad last night, just had the lousiest run of cards since that 4-8 night mentioned above.

Thanks!

Mike

Welcome to the forum.

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Mike -- here is a link to the book thread:

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Hi Mike. Happens to us all.

I don't think there's a book specifically about playing 10-20. Maybe I'm wrong, and if I am, hopefully someone will correct me. Check out the link provided above to our book thread.

My own experience is all 10-20 play is not the same.

In other words, some 10-20 players are stronger than others.

Games where there are more strong players are tougher than games than games where there are more weak players. In general there are some principles that, if followed, will hold you in better stead than if not followed. I don't think the principles are different when you're playing 10-20 than they are when you're playing 4-8, 5-10, or 6-12. However, they may be applied differently, depending on your particular opponents.

Doesn't it make sense that the average player in a 10-20 game is probably generally stronger than the average player in a 5-10 game, but with a lot of overlap and variance as you go from one group of players to another? (That's how it seems to me, based on my own experience and common sense).

You can bounce more specifics off the readers of this forum. But in order to do that you have to post specifics.

Read through some threads in this forum to get an idea of how that's done.

Buzz