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Both home games I played in that had the "Juarez" version we called double-row eventually banned it because a big hand of that would break half the table and the game up. Every place Ive tried to start PLO8 live in a card room the games break up for the same reason, poor limit players go broke too fast and there isnt a stream of people to replace the seats. Anyone been playing in Florida seeing a game run regularly?

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08-02-2010 , 01:52 AM

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Buzz

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I stopped in the place where I last played five card Omaha-8 in Los Angeles county. Alas, there was no Omaha-8 of any kind there, just a couple of tables of fixed limit Texas hold 'em.

Bummer.

Buzz

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08-02-2010 , 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzz

To the best of my knowledge there is no sustained game of pot limit Omaha-8 of any kind in Southern California. No-limit four-card Omaha-8 ($40 to $100 buy in, $2 and $3 blinds) was alive and well at one casino the last time I checked. I'll get over there some time this weekend, tomorrow or Sunday, for a session or two of that. If I feel inclined, I'll stop by the casino where I last played five card Omaha-8 to see if that game is still running. I can almost guarantee it ain't gonna be pot-limit. Seems that the good players beat up the poor players too quickly for pot-limit Omaha-8 to be sustainable. (And the average dealer will have trouble computing the size of the pot, slowing the game to a crawl).

Bummer.

I went over to Hawaiian Gardens casino tonight, hoping to get some no-limit action. Alas, there was no no-limit game. There were a dozen of us on the waiting list, but the floor manager chose not to start a game. I signed up for the other Omaha-8 games, but there were waiting lists for all of them and after a while of waiting with no progress, I drove home.

On the way home I drove by Crystal Park casino, the last place I played five card Omaha-8, aside from private games, in Los Angeles county. Alas, no game of Omaha-8 of any kind there. Just fixed-limit Texas hold 'em.

Bummer.

Buzz

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08-02-2010 , 02:04 AM

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I played several hours of PLO8 and PL Big O in a home game in LA Saturday.

AFAIK you can play 6/12 limit Big O at one of the Indian casinos out in the IE. In most of the non-holdem home games I play, Big O is a favorite game.

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08-02-2010 , 09:10 PM

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Leviathan101

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there is supposed to be a 2-2 PLO game at hustler tonight, if I go l'll try to push to get it going half and half.

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08-05-2010 , 02:05 PM

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Buzz, others--

I have a terminological question. Is limit 5-card O8 really called "Big O"? I've known about the Morongo game for a while and never heard anyone call it that.

All my best,

--Nate

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08-05-2010 , 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate.

Buzz, others--

I have a terminological question. Is limit 5-card O8 really called "Big O"? I've known about the Morongo game for a while and never heard anyone call it that.

All my best,

--Nate

Seems to be called that by some and not others.

Buzz

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08-06-2010 , 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzz

Seems to be called that by some and not others.

Buzz

Buzz--

Thanks.

I'm not entirely comfortable with the 5-card variant, but I'll play whatever will get players in seats.

All my best,

--Nate

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08-07-2010 , 06:09 AM

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ImWeakTight@UCLA

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I play this in a house game in encino 3 days a week. Most days 5/5 some 5/10 sometimes 10/25 if mike sexton and Layne flak play, basically a few of us play real tight while the fish dont realize it, i feel like im not playing poker when i play this game.

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08-08-2010 , 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ImWeakTight@UCLA

It does feel like a sucker game sometimes -- not much play to the game, just nut peddling. But when all players get to the same skill level it becomes poker again.

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10-13-2010 , 08:14 AM

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I have to say once you get used to it it is the most action you will find . I played in the encino game as much as I could untill the hoast got greedy and the rake got out of controll. A couple of the guys from that game are the ones who started it at the rio. we call it "Crack" . now there are several house games around the valley that spead it regularly. the ventura club plays limit , morongo used to spead limit, we play 5 card plo8 -- crack! all it takes is one or two fish and we have a juicey game.

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10-13-2010 , 07:14 PM

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The Entraction network offers this game online, at least for us non-yanks.

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01-21-2011 , 06:09 PM

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ImWeakTight@UCLA

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albaby900 I see that was your first post, since you call it crack you must know who I am and I must have played with you a ton pm me your name.

I would even say against the best players in this lineup if you nut peddle you still have an edge maybe this will tell you who I am they call me "nit #1"

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01-21-2011 , 07:07 PM

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01-22-2011 , 10:25 AM

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I would think fish would just get slaughtered in this game

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01-22-2011 , 04:05 PM

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ImWeakTight@UCLA

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I would think fish would just get slaughtered in this game

A lot of nights the games end with crack which usually causes 3-4 all ins in the first orbit and a bunch of broke players. But when one fish sucks out on one of the better players it brings them back for more. It is a very addictive game imo compared to holdem. I see players lose in it and still enjoy the game.

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01-24-2011 , 11:15 AM

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Play game every day in Ventura. Great action lots of fish toasted the evening. I prefer 4 cardl. There is a lot more 1/4 in big o. PLO I think would be better.

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01-28-2011 , 11:11 PM

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Play game every day in Ventura. Great action lots of fish toasted the evening. I prefer 4 cardl. There is a lot more 1/4 in big o. PLO I think would be better.

5 card plo drys up the action cause everybody knows u need a monster in high but in plo8 5 card the fish dont realize what kind of hands u need to be attempting to scope both the lo and hi and are fighting for half of the pot a lot of the time

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03-10-2011 , 08:31 PM

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just arrived in commerce from vegas. wish they had plo8 here. with only 11,000 to work with, i cant afford 5-10 blinds though, thats too high. guess ill have to stick with 20-40 stud. thought about taking a trip to ventura but now that u guys told me its limit instead of plo8 i wont go. too bad HG dont get their $2-3 NLO8 $100 buyin going anymore. i wonder how their new $1-2 BLINDS PLO high is doiing.

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03-10-2011 , 10:38 PM

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It's doing well. Games been starting at 1pm daily and usually gets 2 tables going. I heard it can go late into the early morning also.

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12-24-2011 , 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ImWeakTight@UCLA

Anyone know if there are still small or mid-stakes PL Big-O home games in the LA area? I played the game at the Venetian recently and am addicted! Feel free to PM me.

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12-26-2011 , 02:32 AM

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Anyone know if there are still small or mid-stakes PL Big-O home games in the LA area? I played the game at the Venetian recently and am addicted! Feel free to PM me.

I played 5-5 PL Big O at Commerce not too long ago.

Sometimes there's a group that does a very low limit (0.5-1 PL & 3-6 FL) mixed home game.

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12-26-2011 , 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Truthiness24

I played 5-5 PL Big O at Commerce not too long ago.

Sometimes there's a group that does a very low limit (0.5-1 PL & 3-6 FL) mixed home game.

Any chance that home game is going sometime this week and welcomes new players? I'm actually in Thousand Oaks right now visiting family ...

On another note, have you played the PL Big O game at the Players' Casino? I'm thinking about heading out there on Tuesday to check it out. Advice/suggestions?

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01-13-2012 , 05:18 AM

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Im assuming you still play EXACTLY two from your hand at showdown correct? If so I like the idea, and obv is would be better than playing PLO8 at a full ring, Big "O" should be less swingy played shorthanded or am I completely wrong

Found this searching around on Big O. Was wondering if others agreed Big O would be less swingy than regular PLO8 shorthanded? I assume it would be, but also worry it could be a little too easy to sheer the sheep. We have a current home game with PLO8 and after a couple rounds of Big O last week there was talk of adding the game to the mix when the game is shorter. A couple of the regular fish like to play very loose and very aggressive. They don't do too bad in many of the games due to their aggression, but with a game like this it seems even easier to nut peddle.