Being able to raise a bit more preflop in EP is handy, too, if you have a hand that plays better in short-handed pots, but this is barely a minor consideration, really.
In NLO8 the situation is wholly different because "dominating" situations preflop come around more often, same as on the flop. If you have AA2 or even AA3 you could easily be dominating someone coming into it with just low cards, and thus making massive moves over the top of poor players can get you heads up with something like 65%+ pot equity, which basically never happens in omaha high. Also, you can often get poor players to pay you off for your whole stack if they hold nut low and you hold nut low with a good high, netting you a big 3/4, when normally you could only net it to the size of a pot-sized raise.
Basically, though, the PL and NL games don't differ hugely.
Monk
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Statistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:37 am
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I have not seen NL Omaha spread anywhere. I think that Pot Limit puts the money in fast enough so you do not have to worry about increasing the pot. Today a three-way Omaha high pot I participated in started hesitantly but all the money when into the pot anyways. (I had the winning hand, aces full beating a flush and a str8: classic).
So the advantage of NL Omaha is that it allows players with deep pockets to blow other players out of the pot, and may actually penalize better players. Just an opinion, mind you. I am just learning the ropes in Omaha, so I'd like to see some pots instead of deciding on an all-in.
For a player of relatively modest skills, what is the benefit of NL Omaha?
Is it safe to state that most Omaha players have relatively modest skills, looking at the big picture.flintsword
Statistics: Posted by flintsword — Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:54 pm
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Stars offer NLO8 and these tables are also TERRIFIC. Whilst the advantages of NL in omaha high are not that huge, in the split hi/lo game the fact that a lot of fishies will make huge moves with hands that you can pick off by waiting for a big one, and the fact you can put big pressure on marginal highs with your nut low in short-handed pots by making sizeable overbets, makes them very handy. Also, if you find a complete balloon, you can move his chips into your stack much quicker. I'm LOVING the PLO8 tables on Stars this month; as loose as Party/Empire (sometimes, when there's a few loose tables going) and with a more generous blind structure, they're also chock full of very unimaginative beginners who'll call along with average hands and never bluff scattergun flops, letting you pick up a lot of cheap chips. If you want to play O8 online, Party/Empire and Stars are (as far as I can see) the ONLY places to be!
Monk
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Statistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:45 pm
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Have not been there to play it, but my contacts report it's a good game.
Also, check out Royal Vegas. I played there a while back, and seem to remember that they had NL omaha, but don't remember for sure (straight high, no prima site offers HL)
Adam
Statistics: Posted by AdamtheExpert — Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:36 am
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