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07-20-2014
, 01:59 PM
OR
Sane from shove-tard lane
Make mine a nutjob
*Greeter - it's true what he says though in that 7-8 posters here might harbour doubts about my sanity
07-20-2014
, 11:59 PM
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What exactly do you need to study? Hard to articulate. Obviously poker is poker and positional play is freely interchangeable between Texas and Omaha, so there's nothing new to learn from that POV (assuming you cracked it in Texas).
Perhaps for this split-pot game, one good strategy is to get into the rhythm of seeing cheap flops with strong draw hands (A 2 3 X, A 3 4 5 , A T J Q ds type hands) and learning how hard and how fast to push the action with premium hands (A 2 3 K ds, A A 3 4). Note this isn't a great strategy for hyper-turbos (i.e. limping with A 2 3 4 is a very risky play unless you know what you are trying to do and know what you want your opponents to do). In HTs, aggression is definitely the better part of valour and many players ONLY shove/fold pre.
If you visit propokertools.com you can find a complete ranking of all hands. If you are new to OH8, I would suggest going to cardplayer.com and accessing the odds calculators. Select Omaha, then 8 or better, then plug in a few hands you think are good in direct opposition. You will be surprised at some of the odds and outcomes. I recommend plugging in hands like A 2 3 4 vs A J Q K, then 4 4 5 7 ds vs A 6 Q K. Plug in some premium hands and tweak them from double-suited to unsuited, add and remove low cards, watch how the odds change and the value of each hand attribute (in OH8, A 2 suited > A A). Remember to investigate how hand values and attributes change HU and multi-handed.
Hand selection and your posture pre-flop is an essential part of all poker games in all formats. Your actions pre-flop can dictate the flow of the hand and your overall game. If you have this cracked then just about the best thing you could do is look up the moderator, "Buzz". You will see a thread thanking him for his efforts in the main lobby. Generally this mod writes from a tight-aggressive POV and gives advice that is universal to most games and is particularly useful if you are unsure of how to act in given situations.
OR, you can just play like juicy - that is shove all-in from any and all positions with any and all cards vs any and all opponents. IF you are as lucky as he is, you won't need to worry about actual strategy, just close your eyes and shove
Format really matters too. If you are playing 6-max HTs, dust off the gloves and be prepared to be aggressive. If you are playing slow-blind mtts, dust off the pipe and slippers, relax and be the water, don't try to swim against the current. Other games like 18-man SnGs or turbo mtts require a mix of both approaches - generally tight-aggro pipe and slippers early then aggro-hammer late.
You will never learn this game via pure theory though. If you are new, I suggest entering a few low stakes 6-max HT or 18-man turbo SnG to get a feel for it. Next thing is enter satellites for the main MTTs. These are doubly good for newbies as you can get a stellar field at micro-stakes.
If you pick a few players you KNOW are good and have semi-repeatable games, follow them for a bit and try and copy what they do.
Perhaps for this split-pot game, one good strategy is to get into the rhythm of seeing cheap flops with strong draw hands (A 2 3 X, A 3 4 5 , A T J Q ds type hands) and learning how hard and how fast to push the action with premium hands (A 2 3 K ds, A A 3 4). Note this isn't a great strategy for hyper-turbos (i.e. limping with A 2 3 4 is a very risky play unless you know what you are trying to do and know what you want your opponents to do). In HTs, aggression is definitely the better part of valour and many players ONLY shove/fold pre.
If you visit propokertools.com you can find a complete ranking of all hands. If you are new to OH8, I would suggest going to cardplayer.com and accessing the odds calculators. Select Omaha, then 8 or better, then plug in a few hands you think are good in direct opposition. You will be surprised at some of the odds and outcomes. I recommend plugging in hands like A 2 3 4 vs A J Q K, then 4 4 5 7 ds vs A 6 Q K. Plug in some premium hands and tweak them from double-suited to unsuited, add and remove low cards, watch how the odds change and the value of each hand attribute (in OH8, A 2 suited > A A). Remember to investigate how hand values and attributes change HU and multi-handed.
Hand selection and your posture pre-flop is an essential part of all poker games in all formats. Your actions pre-flop can dictate the flow of the hand and your overall game. If you have this cracked then just about the best thing you could do is look up the moderator, "Buzz". You will see a thread thanking him for his efforts in the main lobby. Generally this mod writes from a tight-aggressive POV and gives advice that is universal to most games and is particularly useful if you are unsure of how to act in given situations.
OR, you can just play like juicy - that is shove all-in from any and all positions with any and all cards vs any and all opponents. IF you are as lucky as he is, you won't need to worry about actual strategy, just close your eyes and shove
Format really matters too. If you are playing 6-max HTs, dust off the gloves and be prepared to be aggressive. If you are playing slow-blind mtts, dust off the pipe and slippers, relax and be the water, don't try to swim against the current. Other games like 18-man SnGs or turbo mtts require a mix of both approaches - generally tight-aggro pipe and slippers early then aggro-hammer late.
You will never learn this game via pure theory though. If you are new, I suggest entering a few low stakes 6-max HT or 18-man turbo SnG to get a feel for it. Next thing is enter satellites for the main MTTs. These are doubly good for newbies as you can get a stellar field at micro-stakes.
If you pick a few players you KNOW are good and have semi-repeatable games, follow them for a bit and try and copy what they do.
07-21-2014
, 10:45 AM
07-21-2014
, 11:53 AM
Rake is lower at the higher levels, partly compensates for the higher skill needed.
Why should online players multitable? Live players don't
. Game is faster than live anyway.
Last edited by plaaynde; 07-21-2014 at 12:06 PM.
07-21-2014
, 12:40 PM
At least guess I will not burn out. Not young anymore, and may continue playing to the day I'm not around. I kind of dilute my poker career.
In the end I'm just fascinated by the fight and the math and the randomness in poker. Otherwise a baddish player like me would probably not stick around without being an addict. Just determined not to lose, that's it
If you play good enough though, I may include you in the poker history thread one day
news-views-gossip/links-poker-history-threads-1102029/
Guess the last laugh is on me
In the end I'm just fascinated by the fight and the math and the randomness in poker. Otherwise a baddish player like me would probably not stick around without being an addict. Just determined not to lose, that's it
If you play good enough though, I may include you in the poker history thread one day
news-views-gossip/links-poker-history-threads-1102029/Guess the last laugh is on me
07-22-2014
, 02:10 PM
I can type quickly so I would estimate that the difference between "true" and "tru" and "you" and "u" is probably less than a second!! That's before we even start on "you'd" and "ud" or "in an sng" an "in sng"