O8
 

hey guys looking to get into o8. Have only played no limit holdem. What r some good books on this game, how bigger or smaller should my BR b? Any topics about the game a Newbie should know would b greatly app
thanks
lou

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hey lou my best advice is to hop in there and get your hands dirty. no books are needed....its a great game and gl on the tables

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Dig in. Get your hands dirty. Read as many threads and as many books as you can stomach. No one can spoon feed you.

Don't look for the easy way out. It takes hard work to not be a losing player. And unless you're really lucky, you're going to lose a bit before you win.

Always learn something when you lose.

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oh trust me I'm not looking for an easy way out. Just wanna know what you guys recomend to a newbie to do to get a good start in this game.

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PLO8 is a good game if you're willing to be a bit creative, and quite profitable to play online. Holdem bankroll requirements are adequate for PLO8.

A good start is Ray Zee's book on Hi/Lo split games, though it is somewhat outdated for today's PLO8 games. But it give you a strong foundation in Hi/Lo games generally that you can build off.

http://o8poker.com/ is a decent site, made by an old poster here called gergery. He often wanders off into stories of his homosexual lifestyle and fetishes, but when he stays on topic he gives valuable advice.

Searching old threads is a great way to go as well. They're probably in the archives by now, but Ribbo and Wintermute had some good discussions a while back.

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You find some book recommendations in this older thread

Your bankroll should be 200-300 BB for LO8, 400-500 BB for SH LO8 and 15-20 buy-ins for PLO8.

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hey guys looking to get into o8. Have only played no limit holdem. What r some good books on this game, how bigger or smaller should my BR b? Any topics about the game a Newbie should know would b greatly app
thanks
lou

[/ QUOTE ]Hi Lou - Back when the Omaha forum split in two, there was not much on-line poker. As played in casinos, Omaha was pretty much a high/low fixed-limit game in the USA and pretty much a high-only pot-limit game in Europe. The Omaha I have seen in casinos in the USA, except for split games and some tournaments, has all been low-fixed-limit (mostly 3/6 to 6/12 limit games). I understand there currently are some brick and mortar casinos in the USA where you can sometimes find a game of pot-limit Omaha-8, but I haven't actually seen a game of pot limit Omaha-8 with my own eyes, except in private games.

There just isn't much no-limit Omaha-8 played, to the best of my knowledge, but sometimes there is an inquiry about that game on this forum, which leads me to believe that people are playing it somewhere. (But I don't know where or when).

The betting strategies in fixed-limit Omaha-8 and pot-limit Omaha-8 are almost as different as night and day. And therefore the hands you like at various stages in the two games are very different. And six-max play is much different from full game play.

Be aware that poker, by nature, is a game of deception and there are vultures waiting for you in whatever version of Omaha-8 you choose.

So first of all, you have to decide what particular version of Omaha-8 you want to play,<ul type="square">• fixed-limit, or pot-limit
• full game, or 6-max.[/list]In my humble opinion, pot-limit Omaha-8 has more in common with pot-limit Texas hold 'em than fixed-limit Omaha-8. But that is my perspective as a fixed-limit Omaha-8 player. Perhaps a pot-limit Omaha-8 player has a different perspective.

I think the big money is more in pot-limit Omaha-8 than in limit Omaha-8. So if your motivation is to make big money playing poker, then pot-limit is probably the game for you.

I'm under doctor's orders to avoid stressful situations and so Omaha-8 is my hobby rather than an avenue to riches. As a hobby, I have fun and feel challenged enough for my tastes playing low-limit-fixed-limit Omaha-8.

But to each his own.

Once you make your choice as to fixed-limit or pot-limit, make sure you have access to the kind of game you have chosen. And then watch a successful player for a while. Different successful players have differing styles of play.

Once you have decided upon a style of play, look for an author whose writing reflects this style and who is easy for you to read. Both Ray Zee's 2+2 split poker book and the Omaha-8 section in Super System 2 are excellent, in my humble opinion, for fixed-limit Omaha-8. I'm not the one to advise you for pot-limit.

Buzz

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hey guys
thanks for all the quick suggestions. i will prob. be getting stared playing some micro limit o8 and from there venture into PL once i get the hang of it. after i have played both beast i will decide which one sutes me as a player. i will def b picking up rays book tommorw and then hit the tables. again thank you all for ur suggestions and i am still open for more if ne of you guys can think of ne.
thanks
Lou