Omaha 8 - 5 cards/ player??

jordanb · #1 10-09-2007, 02:20 AM

Anyone familiar with this variation, I guess sometimes called BIG O??? Does it change the game dynamics much from the traditional way of 4 cards per player? Is it still only use 2 from your hand and 3 from the board??

franknagaijr · #2 10-09-2007, 02:32 AM

A local card club deals this but high only, and it is symptomatic of a crow that has come to gamboool! They also have a mandatory check or bet policy too, so it's a total scratch-n-sniff.

Yes, it would play 3 on board. If this is a live game with a bunch of gamboolers, you'd probably be profitable if you maintained some semblance of pre-flop standards, and worked on the assumption that any pre-flop raise is a pot-builder only.

BlueBear · #3 10-09-2007, 02:37 AM

You'll need to play even tighter than normal Omaha 8 and quality redraws become very important.

Buzz · #4 10-09-2007, 02:55 AM

Hi Jordan - I've played five-card Omaha-8 at Morongo, an Indian casino near Palm Springs, CA. It's played eight handed, but nine players are seated. (The player with the dealer button sits out). I've also played it in private games.
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Is it still only use 2 from your hand and 3 from the board??

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You have 10 two card combos within your hand, rather than 6. That would be fine, but so do your opponents.

Buzz

Truthiness24 · #5 10-09-2007, 04:43 AM

This is all solid advice.

Don't even think about playing less than nuts with redraws.

And, for added pleasure, try Juarez, which is spread surprisingly often in Vegas: <font color="red"> pot limit double flop PLO8 </font> .

franknagaijr · #6 10-09-2007, 09:14 AM

Correction, mandatory 'bet or fold' policy. Meaning that nobody can check on any street. I'm not making this up.

How gambool is that?

rando · #7 10-09-2007, 04:49 PM

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<font color="red"> pot limit double flop PLO8 </font> .

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Ok, this is just sick. Basic data?? I'm assuming that 3/4ing is way WAY more common than in regular PLO8? Scooping is much less common? Seems that having a nut low on both boards would be better in multiway pots than a single nut low in PLO8 since you would often 1/2 the other two players warring over the high? I'm also assuming that no low on one board and a low on the other awards just 1/4 of the pot to the low, and the high scoops the "low-less" board? Or you can just point me to a primer, or not reply and I will beg Google to pimp me.

Is it required to hire a pot-dividing chip counter? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]