Omaha H/L what book do you recommend

Chugs

I'm sure some thread may already exist, but the title says it all.

I'm looking to improve my Omaha H/L and even straight Omaha High game, what book would people on the forum recommend i use, and if more than one what order i should go through them.

Thanks in advance

WPTgirl

Hi There
I don't play OMAHA but have attempted. I find it confusing since I am a holdem fan. Got any tips?

magithighs

Ah, i see someone wants an edge on the forum tournies!! I believe the book by Ciaffone is the definitive work on Omaha. I can't remember the name of the book, but know all the pros say that is the very best work on that game.

Cheers
Magi

BBC Z

Omaha 8.. Probably the most popular poker game on the internet with very few books written about it.

I haven't found a good one on it yet, but I hear 'Krieger and Tenner's Winning Omaha8' is ok..

The Ray Zee 2n2 book only applies to high limit O8 where players possess the ability to fold and be tricky. You won't find those anywhere. Theres about 10 pages written about low limit which while useful, dont justify the price tag.

O8's a game where you need to check your agression at the door. You miss the flop, forget it. Don't go to war early, and only play very strong starting hands..

A2xx
Suited A3xx

and high hands only from very late position (button/SB/BB).

Fold two pair on the flop is thats all you got.

ScottyZ

I'm with BBC Z on this one. There isn't much out there.

While all the other Bob Ciaffone books I have read are top notch, I think his "Omaha Holdem Poker" is not very useful. Plus, as Magi said, his focus for Omaha is primarily high limit and pot-limit.

Ray Zee's book is probably still worth reading, but as was mentioned, the strategies there are often not directly applicable to low-limit.

My suggestion, strange as it may sound, is to read Todd Brunson's section in SS2 on Stud H/L. You will get a no nonsense view of the two fundamental concepts of split pot poker: playing hands (and playing them aggressively) that have some chance of scooping, and being able to get away from a hand where your chances to win half the pot are questionable (in the sense of O8, drawing the the non-nut hand in a single direction).

If you digest a lot of the Stud8 concepts, you just need to think about the following to move over to O8:

1. The idea of getting quartered for low. Hands like A2xx lose a lot of their value if you are in a game (as is typical in low-limit O8) where players will jam the naked nut low on every street.*

2. The idea of gettng counterfeited for low (i.e. the relative strength of A2xx versus A23x)

Oh, and there is even less written out there for Omaha high. :cool:

ScottyZ

*On the other hand, a naked A2xx gains a lot of value in low-limit, since most of your opponents do not understand the perils of drawing to a naked A3xx.