http://diaryofadonk.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/oma-haw/ Where I rant and Rave about Bad Plays, Bad Beats and Bad players, myself included Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://diaryofadonk.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/oma-haw/#comment-2 Oma-HAW!! Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:38:03 +0000 http://diaryofadonk.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-2 [...] eliaswallin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhile I usually play Texas Hold ‘em I stumbled upon a few Omaha games in the past. Usually whenever I am not paying attention and enter a SnG by accident. Well surprise surprise, I quite like it. As soon as you get used to the format it’s not too bad. You get 4 hole cards instead of the Texas 2, and only 2 of your hole cards count towards the final 5. But it’s like playing Texas but getting to choose your cards out of 4. To me this is extremely entertaining. Obviously you have to keep in mind that all the other players also get 4 cards to pick from. I’ve done pretty well by playing it as I would have any hold ‘em game. If there are monsters in there I raise pre-flop etc. Keep your basic rules of position in mind and also remember Not All of the […] [...] [...] eliaswallin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhile I usually play Texas Hold ‘em I stumbled upon a few Omaha games in the past. Usually whenever I am not paying attention and enter a SnG by accident. Well surprise surprise, I quite like it. As soon as you get used to the format it’s not too bad. You get 4 hole cards instead of the Texas 2, and only 2 of your hole cards count towards the final 5. But it’s like playing Texas but getting to choose your cards out of 4. To me this is extremely entertaining. Obviously you have to keep in mind that all the other players also get 4 cards to pick from. I’ve done pretty well by playing it as I would have any hold ‘em game. If there are monsters in there I raise pre-flop etc. Keep your basic rules of position in mind and also remember Not All of the […] [...]

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