Curious to see the results of this poll so please post so we can compare. I notice most of the pros on fulltiltpoker are playing omaha rather then hold em.
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Is Omaha The Next Hottest Game, Taking Out Hold Em?
Started by ibuddy, Aug 16 2006 01:23 PM
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:23 PM
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:25 PM
god i hope not. i took up omaha to get away from the hold em sheep.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:25 PM
Omaha has always been a hot game. Been playing Omaha longer than hold em.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:27 PM
Omaha is a riot, but no way will it overtake hold 'emOmaha is a blast though, especially if you play it with a hold em mentality, lol 
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:28 PM
question is a bit vague...
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:36 PM
The reason omaha is so awesome is because most online players are absolutely terrible at it, even to the point of not knowing the rules in some cases.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:42 PM
Omaha keeps getting more and more popular but is still nowhere close to NLH.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:47 PM
Omaha is a great cash game, but not the best tournament game. PLO is best played super deep stacked, which is really hard to do in a tournament setting.Its no suprise the pros are playing every cash game BUT Holdem. Who wants to play NLHE tournaments 12 months out of the year and then go sit in a Holdem cash game? Also, its general knowledge that Omaha is one of the biggest "action" games out there.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:47 PM
Omaha is better, but is more complicated and is rarely played as a no limit game. Everyone wants to think less and go all in so I'd be suprised if omaha ever passes hold'em.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:57 PM
HoosierAlum, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 1:47 PM, said:
Omaha is a great cash game, but not the best tournament game. PLO is best played super deep stacked, which is really hard to do in a tournament setting.Its no suprise the pros are playing every cash game BUT Holdem. Who wants to play NLHE tournaments 12 months out of the year and then go sit in a Holdem cash game? Also, its general knowledge that Omaha is one of the biggest "action" games out there.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 01:59 PM
timwakefield, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 4:36 PM, said:
The reason omaha is so awesome is because most online players are absolutely terrible at it, even to the point of not knowing the rules in some cases.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:02 PM
timwakefield, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 2:57 PM, said:
The PLO tournies on Stars are soffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:08 PM
HoosierAlum, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 2:02 PM, said:
Yes but they need to implement some higher buy-in rebuys. A nighty 22, 33, or 55r would be awesome.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:47 PM
Maybe in a pros world, Omaha would be king. But considering just the sheer popularity of Texas Hold 'Em, I really doubt it will catch on to the majorty of amatuers. I think back to Mike Caro, when he said "One thing poker players hate is change". Although he was refering to the introudction of 4 color decks, I think it also applies. You go to a home game at a bar, replace NLH with Omaha, you'll have a riot. It's much to complicated for non-regular players. Then again, for a while 5 card draw and stud were the games of choice, these days, pfft. I think I've done 5 card stud once, and I wasn't even sure about the rules. As far draw...eh.So, who knows. Personally, I think as long as the WSOP Main Event is decided by Hold 'Em, and with all the TV shows, the sole exception being a couple on ESPN being Hold 'Em, Omaha can't overtake it.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 02:58 PM
10 years ago you could not find hold em in a card room it was Omaha, Omaha8/b(most often) and stud. Holdem was a very select game and was almost dead in card rooms.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 03:27 PM
It's not going to "take out" holdem but I can already tell it's getting a lot more popular. Our cash games at our house are almost always requested to be Omaha.It's more action but more that that it's a lot more skill, and we LOVe to play Omaha with hold'em players.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:07 PM
PLO is the balls.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:08 PM
JackArnal, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 8:07 PM, said:
PLO is the balls.
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:11 PM
greatwhite, on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, 4:08 PM, said:
So what are you saying? You love it?
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 04:23 PM
omaha is clearly the number 2 game but i see razz and horse becoming just as popular soon.
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