Omaha 8 Books

[1MoreFish4U]

I have read each of these books more than once and would recommend them in the order they are listed. Any intelligent poker player should be able to get something out of any book they read, and I recommend going back and looking through things you have already read because you will take something differently than the first time & it is likely to help.

1. High-Low Split Poker for Advanced Players - Ray Zee

2. How to win at Omaha High-Low - Mike Cappelletti

3. Winning Omaha/8 Poker - Tenner/Krieger

4. Championship Omaha - Cloutier/McEvoy

I never bothered picking up SS2 because I thought it would mostly recycle the same things as SS1. I guess I should have a look at it.

One other book I have found to be helpful is Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker by Stewart Reuben & Bob Ciaffone. I is not specifically an Omaha book but does give some insight into the game & can increase your general knowledge of pl & nl at any game.

[portisfreak]

I beleive the books should be listed in reverse order as you have listed (can't say about McEvoy/Cloutier book, though).

Capelletti goes into in depth hand analysis that will throw off a lot of new players. I was only able to appreciate the book after reading the S/S 2 chapter, Tenner and Krieger and Zee.

[EffenDolts]

4. Championship Omaha - Cloutier/McEvoy

I play a lot of O8, so I probably got enough value out of this book to justify the price. However, I was really disappointed in the presentation. It sounded like they dictated this book to their editor over a few beers. There is no plan to the book, and much of the advice is not explained very well. (I am spoiled by Buzz's posts.) There is also a lot of horribly useless filler. Add to that the fact that it is only partially about O8, and the example hands aren't tailored to O8, and I don't think I will ever bother to reread the whole thing.

Effen

[grandgnu]

I've only read one Mcevoy book and I was less than impressed. He's got a gazillion of them on the market, but I assume they're all rather simplistic and include rehashed material from previous books he's written (especially the NL stuff)

I don't buy his stuff anymore.

[guillaumezur]

i up this old post in order to know if some good books were edited that didnt exist before

[1MoreFish4U]

"It sounded like they dictated this book to their editor over a few beers. "

You are right of course - which is why I ranked it where I did in terms of Omaha books I have read.

I also agree that I can learn more from Buzz'z posts than TJ's war stories.