What is more difficult and interesting for you, Hold'em or Omaha?

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Omaha hi/low is suitable for me. Math is more than luck.
 
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Omaha is generally considered more difficult and interesting than Hold'em due to its complexity and variance. In Omaha, players receive four hole cards instead of two, which increases the number of potential hand combinations and makes hand reading more challenging. This also means stronger hands are often required to win at showdown, leading to more dynamic and action-packed gameplay. Hold'em, while simpler to learn, relies heavily on strategy, patience, and psychology, making it accessible yet deep. Ultimately, the difficulty and interest depend on personal preferences and playing style.
 
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Omaha is so interesting because of its unpredictability!
 
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Omaha is more difficult to me, I don't really know the game. But sometimes I play it in freerolls, and I like it, it's very fun.
 
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In my opinion, Omaha is a more complex and less interesting game due to the huge variance effect.
 
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For me Holdem is more interesting....Omaha I think it's more difficult...
 
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I like Holdem cause it's straightforward, fast and thrilling
 
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I like Omaha hi/lo, but I'm only average at it because I prefer to play Holdem.
 
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I like them both, Holdem is simpler, and Omaha has more complicated rules. So holdem is easier to play and safer. But the difficulty of Omaha makes it faster, you don't need so much time to play. So if I play cash games I play more omaha, but if I play tournaments I play more holdem.
 
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I think the ohama is hard... My moon is coming in for me.
 
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I find Omaha easier and although my biggest wins have been on nlhe, I am pretty sure my ROI is way higher on plo, plo8.
 
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Omaha is definately more interesting than holdem, and I guess a bit more difficult aswell. I have only played it a little bit on WPT which was during this one losing streak and I was doing better there than on holdem games which are the ones I normally play.
 
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Omaha is more interesting and difficult, simply because there are more possibilities to consider.
I find the biggest mistake for newcomers is that they sometimes don't understand that they can only use two cards in their hand and they must use three cards dealt on the board. Hi-Lo also makes decisions more difficult than just Omaha Hi and Hold'em.
There is also more action in Omaha.
 
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Omaha. Because you have to pay attention to a lot of things.
 
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For me Omaha is a little more difficult, but more interesting than Holden.
For me, Omaha tournaments are also more interesting, it’s a pity that there are much fewer of them than Hold’em tournaments.
 
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Holden is easy, Omaha is more complicated, you have to think a lot and you can always use just two cards when playing with 4, I think it's more complicated.
 
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For me, only NL Hold'em tournaments are relevant. I don't play other games yet.
 
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It's true, Texas Holdem with the new generations becomes more difficult, but there are always opportunities, on the other hand Omaha remains a more mature game, but the risk seems greater to me, because there is more probability on Omaha than Texas.
 
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More tables are available for Holdem games, so there is less waiting. Omaha often has more split pots.
 
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Omaha is just too much. i know it's easier to make money but it's less fun
 
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I like both but Omaha is more difficult.
 
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For me is normal texas, omaha to much complicated
 
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I like both. If Hold’em is the Cadillac of Poker Omaha is the Bugatti.

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