Hey Adam

What do you think are the strengths/weaknesses of some of the O8 action that is available online? I like to play in the larger "loose" type pot-limit games available (100 and 200 buyins on PokerStars, when the action is good, usually average pots around 25-30 big blinds and usually 4 or 5 people seeing most flops), but I also like the limit game, though my play so far has been more or less solely the half kill and 4-8 games at ultimatebet, which are often not that loose. I played one O8 sit n go tournament on Party but was basically put off by the hopeless blind structure; after 20-odd hands of poopy middle cards and one heads-up quartering, I was reduced to moving about half my stack in preflop on some mediocre hand as the blinds threatened to nail my stack, with A38Js or some other piece of mediocrity.

Where do you think the "money" is at omaha 8? Mid-limit games at Party? Would you typically see 5+ players seeing a flop at 5/10 here? Do you think that O8 multi-table tournaments (due to the lower "luck factor" than holdem) with deep stacks would offer the above average player the best value, given that the worst players inhibit a site (Party) where the blinds are frequently very large compared to the stacks? Have you played the multi games or sit n go's at PokerStars, which I hear are quite good?

I will likely be playing 3/6 and maybe 5/10 O8 tonight at Party as a change of pace after a couple of months of playing the PL and NL tables in various games, but since I'm moving away from my previous main haunt (Cryptologic's £100 and $100-200 buy in PLO high games) I'm trying a few different things (like my spell at stud8 last month which I'll pick up again sometime soon).

Good luck with your new forum.

Monk
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Well, unfortunately, my backer loves Party poker so much, that I don't have any access to any other site anymore. So, as much as I don't like to say it, I must recuse myself from discussions about current internet happenings, other than PP.

Was much nicer, last year, when I had accounts on UB, stars Paridise, and even 24hour poker (Ed note: you might want to check out that site, they have the largest PLO buy ins, that I've seen, 200xBB and wild players. Games are currently played in EUROS now)

So, I cannot speak very accurately, about what's currently happening, at least not from first hand experience.

Last year, I found that only the biggest (30-60) O8 games on stars, had any good action.
Howver, my spies inform me that the No LIMT o8 games, are very good.

Yes!! You should be playing the PLO8 multis on party!! People have no clue, and I've seen the most OUTLANDISH calls, for HUGE stacks

Example: ATE: AA 3K suited once

Duncecap: 789K

Calls max raise, from ATE, as does another caller, in SB

Flop 2 5 6

SB goes all in, duncecap calls, and ATE jacks it up. The duncecap put in over 6000 in chips, on this hand!!!!! and no, it's not like the blinds were 1000-2000, 6000 at that point represented a VERY large stack.

TOTAL FREEROLL!! (even if counterfeited)

Of course, this is not the only example, just the most memorable.

People will put in their whole stack, with nothing but a non-backup low draw, and NO high whatsoever!!


Yes, ATE agrees that the single table structure, on party is a SICK joke. It's a shame that my backer swears by party single tables, they really SUCK!!

Yeah, you can make money off them, but they are by FAR the WORST things to play, on the internet.

Yet still, he makes an expectation of 26 bucks per STNLHE event, lasting about 45 minutes.

For a conservative player such as yourself (and anyone else reading) the whole notion of "10 hand rounds" must seem like a harbinger of what HELL would be like.

You can almost here the devil screaming out "ooops, ten hands, blinds goin' up . . . . . AGAIN!!

Man, what kind of morons, are runnin' that place


Ok, moving on The plo8 games, whether 25,50, or 100 on party are also great, as are the 10-20 games. While I do not think you have the bankroll (from what I've read) to play 10-20, I would make this my goal for the near future. There are always PLENTY of games to choose from, and a person could get RICH, playing these.



Then, there's always ALASKA, that I mentioned to you. FIVE cards, and pot limit high low

You could always come to Minnesota!! Hey, it's only going to get to -33celcius!!!


The 20-40 half kill (30-60 for 200 dollar scoop pot) Is now being spread on Fridays, as Well as Mondays. While that, in and of itself is not worth a trip to the U.S. I'm discovering that this Minnesota Place is rather beautiful, with some of the nicest, most wholesome people in the World

And, we've got the world's largest mall

Pack a ton of warm clothes, if you come.