Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!

ACESOVER8s

With Sky having said on numerous occasions that the launch of PLO is coming, I was wondering how many players already play PLO or are you all Sky loyalists who wouldn't play anywhere else? lol

Great Game and can't wait for it to arrive here. IMO this is the only cash game to play once it arrives

Edit*

I have altered the title of this post from "Pot Limit Omaha.....Do You Play" to the above just to display how astounded i am that NO ONE in the Sky Poker Community on line today has a view on PLO ????? Tis the game of the future people and as this community often has a view on things such as "Humpty Dumpty's Unatural End" and "Falling off a chair after winning a hand" (not that there's anything wrong with that) I felt sure i'd get some good disscusion from this. Have i stumbled into a forum of Holdem Purists???

Talon

   I must admit that my game of choice is HORSE, which is by far the most skillful game out there, just wish i was any good at it.  And my second would be omaha hi lo. The skill sets required vary drastically from texas and give extra leeway to the analytical and paranoid players. Omaha will be a great addition to the site and will see new players arriving and new skills being learnt

elsadog

I enjoy agame of PLO and would certainly donate some money. Don't see why the Holdem players should get it all.

Maybe the lack of response is because PLO and Hi Lo PLO were discussed a few days ago on here.

ACESOVER8s

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

I enjoy agame of PLO and would certainly donate some money. Don't see why the Holdem players should get it all. Maybe the lack of response is because PLO and Hi Lo PLO were discussed a few days ago on here.
Posted by elsadog

Over saturating the forum with PLO eh lol considering the daily smattering of bad beats, fixes and sitting out on the big blind discussions i'll not feel too bad about that

Did anyone happen to speculate on when Omaha will land on Sky during those threads?

freechips1

i have played a fair bit of PLO but not that keen on it, seems to be more of a gambling game than hold em an not alot of skill involved. however i have only played PLO at $0.25/$0.50 and there was alot of callin stations

elsadog

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!! : Over saturating the forum with PLO eh lol considering the daily smattering of bad beats, fixes and sitting out on the big blind discussions i'll not feel too bad about that Did anyone happen to speculate on when Omaha will land on Sky during those threads?
Posted by ACESOVER8s

Think Rich said it was being looked at by the suits.

ACESOVER8s

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

i have played a fair bit of PLO but not that keen on it, seems to be more of a gambling game than hold em an not alot of skill involved. however i have only played PLO at $0.25/$0.50 and there was alot of callin stations
Posted by freechips1

I'ts got skill and probably less gamble than NL Holdem, People who go to it from only playing holdem have a very different understanding of the hands.

Buistyboy

i have very little understanding of omaha, but it does seem to be a game growing in popularity and i look forward to seeing it arrive on sky poker.  It seems to me that it is a harder game to evaluate the strength of starting hands in, and that is a challenge i would enjoy having a go at.

ACESOVER8s

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

i have very little understanding of omaha, but it does seem to be a game growing in popularity and i look forward to seeing it arrive on sky poker.  It seems to me that it is a harder game to evaluate the strength of starting hands in, and that is a challenge i would enjoy having a go at.
Posted by Buistyboy

A very simplistic way to look at it Buisty is as a game of Str8's, Flushes & Houses. A Pairs worth nothing (well not a lot anyway) in this game lol.

I think a lot of the sky poker players who only play on here (therefore not had the chance to play Omaha) are going to love it once it arrives. And while they learn then a lot of other players who know the game are going to have a good run. I honestly think it's going to take off on here as there are a lot of people who just love poker 

silentbob

I've dabbled on the lowest stakes PLO elsewhere & i'm in no doubt that i've played starting hands & continued in hands when I really shouldn't but it's fun to learn & I can't wait for it to arrive here.

Talon

  Also with omaha being a game where the nuts are truly temporary, expect the number of bad beat moans to increase dramatically

ACESOVER8s

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

  Also with omaha being a game where the nuts are truly temporary, expect the number of bad beat moans to increase dramatically
Posted by Talon

LMAO Talon, hadn't thought about how it would affect the forum, Cue 2000 threads of this is fixed lol

chirker

I've never played PLO, only just getting the hang of no limit, how different a game is it, and is it hard to pick up.

Talon

   I play with a friend who thinks he quite a hotshot at poker.  I explained all the rules of omaha to him and he said he understood. I then proceeded to fix the top 8 cards on the deck to give him 4 aces.  He was very surprised and totally shocked when i beat him and cleaned him out. I just could not stop laughing, but i gave him his chips back and he learnt a valuable lesson.

scrumdown

i  love  playing  omaha   great   game

ACESOVER8s

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

I've never played PLO, only just getting the hang of no limit, how different a game is it, and is it hard to pick up.
Posted by chirker

As Talon makes an excelent point of above it is a VERY different game where your starting hand selection is very important.

Being dealt 4 aces is a nightmare, Why?? because of the 4 cards your dealt you have to use 2 but only 2, you have no chance of making trips as the other 2 Aces are in your hand and all 4 cards you hold are of different suits so you can't make a flush. As there are all of the same value so no straight, as a starting hand this is not a good thing lol

*EDIT* from previous moment of using 1 card from starting hands

elsadog

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!! : As Talon makes an excelent point of above it is a VERY different game where your starting hand selection is very important. Being dealt 4 aces is a nightmare, Why?? because of the 4 cards your dealt you have to use 2 but only 2, you have no chance of making trips as the other 2 Aces are in your hand and all 4 cards you hold are of different suits so your also unlikley to make a flush. As there are all of the same value you also need 4 to a straight so as a starting hand this is not a good thing lol
Posted by ACESOVER8s

In actual fact with 4 aces you can't make a flush.

silentbob

Correct me if i'm wrong (& i'm still a novice at PLO so may well be) but isn't the best starting hand AAKK double suited (i.e. 2 hearts & 2 diamonds)?

Sky_Dave

AAKK double suited is certainly very nice, but the good thing about Omaha is that the preflop hand considerations are not as simple as saying AA is better than KK and 77 is a little better than AK. 

For that reason, hands like KQJT double suited are considered by many to be the ideal starting hand - to coin some old lingo, you want a hand that melds in some way.

I am planning on writing a few basic articles on Omaha before it's arrival on Sky Poker for you all to have a look through Might take me a while mind, so bear with me and all that jazz.

Cheers,

Dave

Kiwini4u

In Response to Re: Amazed Nay Astounded!!!!:

AAKK double suited is certainly very nice, but the good thing about Omaha is that the preflop hand considerations are not as simple as saying AA is better than KK and 77 is a little better than AK.  For that reason, hands like KQJT double suited are considered by many to be the ideal starting hand - to coin some old lingo, you want a hand that melds in some way. I am planning on writing a few basic articles on Omaha before it's arrival on Sky Poker for you all to have a look through Might take me a while mind, so bear with me and all that jazz. Cheers, Dave
Posted by Sky_Dave

OK so now my brain DEFINATELY hurts lol

Talon

    Then the variations come into play and in hi lo you might want A234 double suited. To give yourself a good shot at both pots