riverokker said:
I haven't tried Omaha yet. But I have to believe that in terms of the probability of winning they are equal because the chances are the same for everyone at the table.
However, I still want to play Omaha to see how it goes.
holden but for now I am learning the other modalities to improve my game since for each modality it is a different strategy and to polish your own game it is good to combine those strategies for better results or that confirm in freeroll that I play reaching final tables
I like each equally for different reasons
I don't mean to come off as indecisive. However, I do like various tournament formats (i.e. 6-Max and Heads-Up) of No-Limit Texas Hold'em, as well as PLO and Omaha Hi/Lo, with a greater affinity for PLO.
On the basis of having to like a variant of poker better, I like Omaha. This is because of what other people said: 4 cards to start instead of 2. However, this means that even with speculative 4-card holdings, pre-flop equities tend to hover in the 40% range in the very least, it seems, while your stronger hands tend to hover only around the low 60% range pre-flop. This basically means anything can happen with your hand on any street because of the combos of your hand range, which makes it super exciting. This variability, though it increases the variance of each hand, is why I love studying and playing PLO far more than basic white chicks love sipping Pumpkin Spice Lattes in the fall. That's just to give you an idea.
Whereas lots of hands like AA and KK hold up between 75-80% of the time in Texas Hold'em, PLO hands containing AA and KK can often lose depending on board textures, especially against well connected hands, even as low as J-T-9-8 single or double-suited, for example. Therefore, I like going into PLO with the mindset that my starting hand is a raw ingredient to be used to make the best recipe of a hand for the most +EV result.
While I love NLHE in many formats for different reasons, the simplicity of it bores the hell out of me, especially since it seems like everyone who plays on any level from amateur to fully-fledged pro plays just no-limit.
I don't mean to come off as indecisive. However, I do like various tournament formats (i.e. 6-Max and Heads-Up) of No-Limit Texas Hold'em, as well as PLO and Omaha Hi/Lo, with a greater affinity for PLO.
On the basis of having to like a variant of poker better, I like Omaha. This is because of what other people said: 4 cards to start instead of 2. However, this means that even with speculative 4-card holdings, pre-flop equities tend to hover in the 40% range in the very least, it seems, while your stronger hands tend to hover only around the low 60% range pre-flop. This basically means anything can happen with your hand on any street because of the combos of your hand range, which makes it super exciting. This variability, though it increases the variance of each hand, is why I love studying and playing PLO far more than basic white chicks love sipping Pumpkin Spice Lattes in the fall. That's just to give you an idea.
Whereas lots of hands like AA and KK hold up between 75-80% of the time in Texas Hold'em, PLO hands containing AA and KK can often lose depending on board textures, especially against well connected hands, even as low as J-T-9-8 single or double-suited, for example. Therefore, I like going into PLO with the mindset that my starting hand is a raw ingredient to be used to make the best recipe of a hand for the most +EV result.
While I love NLHE in many formats for different reasons, the simplicity of it bores the hell out of me, especially since it seems like everyone who plays on any level from amateur to fully-fledged pro plays just no-limit.
kowrip said:
Crazy Pineapple I definitely want to study as well. I believe there are some tournaments on Global Poker, where I play. Definitely need to get creative with a strategy since it seems there isn't much material out there on this variant.
SightUnseen said:
The 4-card combos make it more fascinating to run through billions of wild scenarios of different hands on all sorts of dynamic or staticky boards. Might as well make it a college major with the amount of time studying PLO takes.
I prefer ohmaha and there ohmaha hi/lo ,but ohmaha is difficulter to play than holdem and the decision whos win are mostly comes with the last card on the table ,in holdem you play the cards you have and in ohmaha you mostly play the outs you have
