WSOP 2k7 Omaha 8 Events; Whose Getting Ready?

[TomG]

I'll be playing the PLO8 event. I've never played live pot-limit poker before. Can I just announce, "I bet the pot" or "I raise the pot" and then let the dealer figure out the amount of the bet? Or do I actually have to pay attention to the growing size of the pot and announce the correct size of my bet? I feel lost without a "bet pot" button or at least a little slider bar I can click.

[davebreal]

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Can I just announce, "I bet the pot" or "I raise the pot"

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Yes, this is what they do in the previous PLO Events.

I should be landing in Vegas around July 5th this year I think, to take down "the big dance"

[Fiasco]

Im shocked you wouldnt show up a week and a half earlier to play in the PLO8 event.

[iwantitall]

Good luck to all. I'll be down there, but I doubt I'll be playing in the tournaments. Come on down to the Wynn and let's get a 20-40 half kill game goin.

[LearnedfromTV]

i'm playing the plo8 and one of the limit o8s; haven't decided which one yet.

also i think it'd be awesome to get a 2/5 or 5/10 plo/plo8 mix going sometime. I'll be there most of the series.

[LearnedfromTV]

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I'll be playing the PLO8 event. I've never played live pot-limit poker before. Can I just announce, "I bet the pot" or "I raise the pot" and then let the dealer figure out the amount of the bet? Or do I actually have to pay attention to the growing size of the pot and announce the correct size of my bet? I feel lost without a "bet pot" button or at least a little slider bar I can click.

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In my experience casinos get competent (i.e. the better) dealers to deal PLO games, and they track the pot well. Except for a couple bad dealers here and there, every cash game I've been in, the second you say "pot" the dealer says "120" or whatever it is.

The PLO tourney I played last year was fine, but a lot of the dealers dealing the series events aren't as good as those who'd be dealing a PLO cash game, so between pot tracking and split pots and 1/4ths 3/4ths I imagine the game will be slowwwww.

[Scruff]

I played the Pot Limit O8 event at the Taj back in November, ($340 buy-in) and the dealers were surprisingly competent for the most part. We helped along the few that weren't and it went pretty well. That was just for a 144-person $340 buy at the Trump Classic. I can't imagine the dealers at the WSOP would have any trouble at all.

[iwantitall]

What casino?? Let's throw in Badugi in there for S+G... And there is usually LO8 going at the Wynn and Bellagio? I'm planning to play 10/20 or 20/40. How about Mixed Games? (5/10ish)