Friday, January 15, 2010

What's the game going to be?

I've already decided to start with the game of pot limit Omaha (hi only). I believe that game is the best choice to get my roll kick-started for the following reasons:

  • It is less popular than Texas Hold'em so I think there will be less familiarity and expertise from the crowd playing Omaha. I believe I will hold a comparative advantage over the competition and can leverage that into accumulating chips especially from players who are applying Hold'em thinking to this game.
  • I consider it a more "honest" game. Sure there are still bluffs but by and large if you have a flush and someone bets big after the board pairs it is more likely that you are beat than in Hold'em. As such it will be easier for me to just play ABC poker and not have to make expert reads. Based on my hole cards and the board cards I can make what should be very accurate assessments of where I stand in a hand.
  • It rewards good pre-flop hand selection. Since I tend toward the tight/nitty end of the spectrum my play should pay benefits since I'm going to stack they guy willing to go broke with with the second nut flush (or worse) while holding the nuts.
  • Nearly every hand is a scoop hand as opposed to O/8 where you are often chopping a large pot minus the not insignificant rake. Playing O/8 properly dictates that you are trying to scoop but that doesn't always happen and even when you have the nuts both ways you can still end up only 3/4'ing the pot against another nut low.
I do want to get familiar with all of the different games but to start off with I am going with Omaha to form the foundation of my bankroll.

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