Which Poker game has the least amount of luck?

[KingofJ]

I remember DevilFish saying he thought Omaha H/L was the most "skillfull" as you had to think so much more about the board, your cards, your high/low possibilities, your oppenents cards etc.. then other games like NL HE. No doubt IMO Omaha (not H/L) is the game with the most luck.

[RustyBrooks]

If having to think about more cards is the criteria, the Omaha hi/lo isn't even close, it would be something like stud hi/lo where you have to track many many more cards, plus each player has their own board so you have consider developments on each one of them.

[Yads]

Ray how do you figure Limit Omaha high has less luck than
stud hi-low split
omaha hi low
seven stud
razz
limit holdem?

If anything that would be a game where a good players edge is so tiny and hence would have the most amount of luck.

[Ray Zee]

i tend to give my view from a high stakes perpective. so i am sorry to confuse sometimes. but in bigger games you get to blow alot of players off pots in omaha when scare cards come that you cant do as easily in other games. in small stakes i realize that doesnt happen and in that case it would be ranked as more of a luck game.

remember i said luck as to how easily you would win in a session not the most skill.
i believe seven stud high has the most skill involved but higher fluctuations than some others

[mwette]

One way to look at this issue is to consider if all players play the game optimally, which game has the lowest variance. I believe this would be the game with largest number of cards shown and smallest not shown. My vote goes for 5-card stud.

[KamiKatze]

WPT NL Hold'em Final Table obv

[quirkasaurus]

Least amount of luck: S8, definitely.
Most amount: O8

Heck, in order of HORSE games, least to most:

S8
STUD
RAZZ
HE
O8

O8 can be a total crap shoot...
One of my favs came yesterday...

After the flop, I had nuts low and nuts flush draws...
by the river... i had ace high... versus a paired board.
pocket deuces had me...

[Jimbo]

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One way to look at this issue is to consider if all players play the game optimally, which game has the lowest variance. I believe this would be the game with largest number of cards shown and smallest not shown. My vote goes for 5-card stud.

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Using your criteria I say RAZZ, it is possible to never make a losing river bet. But then I suppose if all players in the game played optimally no one would ever call your river bet either. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Jimbo

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Using your criteria I say RAZZ, it is possible to never make a losing river bet. But then I suppose if all players in the game played optimally no one would ever call your river bet either. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Jimbo

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Never making a losing river bet is not optimal play in razz.