Your Daily Question, Sunday 26th April. Today it's a simple "why do you prefer?" question.

Tikay10

Why do you prefer Hold Em to Omaha?

Mushy264

Only ever played Omaha once, and that was a complete accident. Thinking I was in the Hold em lobby I entered a £5 sit and go, supping my coffee then getting the fright of my life when four hole cards appeared on screen.
Never having played before and having no idea of the rules, I was raising and re raising to the point where the other players must have thought they were in the presence of a lunatic whilst frantically trying to find the rules online whilst playing.
Unbelievably (honest) I ended up winning the tourney thus ending my Omaha career with a 100% win ratio, which quite frankly not many people can claim.

Phantom66

If like me you are totally baffled by this question, then please take a look here...

https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/community/forums#/discussion/178186/top-of-the-plops-for-mini-ukops

There is no reason to "prefer" Hold Em it is an inferior game. The only reason to play it ahead of Omaha is the volume. Please end this ridiculous thread.

waller02

I don't play Omaha because I can't play Omaha.

kapowblamz

I prefer to play Omaha just because there's more action. Obviously it's more fun. The problem is that anything below PLO200 is unbeatable without bum hunting and even at 200 you don't want to be playing pump or dump, you should be nitting it up big time. In true Sky Poker fashion, however, most players here decide to sit only at PLO100 and below when the reality is that even against slightly better opposition you will be better off at 200 than 100.

Jac35

The daily question could be

Are you above or below 70?

tomgoodun

I enjoy playing both NLHE and PL08 , doesn’t answer the question though , maybe I’ll change my mind in 6 years time 😉.

Enut

Jac35 said:

The daily question could be

Are you above or below 70?

Says the bloke with a Volvo on order!

Jac35

Enut said:

Jac35 said:

The daily question could be

Are you above or below 70?

Says the bloke with a Volvo on order!

😄

Enut

If it's just a choice between Holdem and Omaha then I'd say Holdem, but only because I have little experience of playing Omaha and there just aren't enough games to play Omaha only. I prefer PLO8 to Holdem however. I find it a more interesting game and certainly on here the player pool is a bunch of friendly and happy people (with only one or two rare exceptions).

TheEdge949

For me its simply a case of time, and by that I mean thinking time.

I find I need more time to run through the myriad of possibilities each street brings and for me its not easy.

I think you're either naturally hardwired to play Omaha or not and Im not. I will play it occasionally but that's all.

Now 5 card stud that's a different matter.

VespaPX

Silly question

Cammykaze

85% hold em and 15% omaha seems a good balance.

So I guess the answer is HE

HENDRIK62

is 'hate all forms of poker equally' an acceptable answer?

mumsie

Its not even a valid question, one is obviously very easy, you have more hole cards to choose from, the other takes years to master and is fascinating.

Essexphil

mumsie said:

Its not even a valid question, one is obviously very easy, the other has more hole cards to choose from, takes years to master and is fascinating.

FYP

goldon

Simple "Omaha" is a Beach.

Hold'um is for Ladies. cough!

mumsie

Essexphil said:

mumsie said:

Its not even a valid question, one is obviously very easy, the other has more hole cards to choose from, takes years to master and is fascinating.

FYP

Ive a good mind to play the PLO challenge and take it down.

Enut

The joys of PLO8, FIRST hand of a small MTT

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
kulaz	Small blind		10.00	10.00	1990.00
Enut	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1980.00
	Your hole cards	A K 2 10
safc71	Raise		60.00	90.00	1940.00
pomfrittes	Call		60.00	150.00	1940.00
kulaz	Call		50.00	200.00	1940.00
Enut	Call		40.00	240.00	1940.00
Flop
		K 4 5
kulaz	Bet		20.00	260.00	1920.00
Enut	Raise		300.00	560.00	1640.00
safc71	Call		300.00	860.00	1640.00
pomfrittes	Raise		1460.00	2320.00	480.00
kulaz	Fold
Enut	All-in		1640.00	3960.00	0.00
safc71	All-in		1640.00	5600.00	0.00
pomfrittes	All-in		480.00	6080.00	0.00
Enut	Show	A K 2 10
safc71	Show	J 3 Q A
pomfrittes	Show	4 10 9 4
Turn
		J
River
		J
pomfrittes	Win high	Full House, 4s and Jacks	6080.00		6080.00
	No qualifying low hand

Phantom66

HENDRIK62 said:

is 'hate all forms of poker equally' an acceptable answer?

I think you need to rediscover the love Hendo. Sign up for Top of the PLOPs

Phantom66

mumsie said:

Essexphil said:

mumsie said:

Its not even a valid question, one is obviously very easy, the other has more hole cards to choose from, takes years to master and is fascinating.

FYP

Ive a good mind to play the PLO challenge and take it down.

Go on you know you want to!

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