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Digital Cowboy
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Spreadin’ Omaha

January 19th, 2006

You can’t turn anywhere these days without finding Texas Hold ‘em. I love hold ‘em, but, these days, it’s gotten too popular. So I now prefer Seven stud or Omaha.

You’re better off playing slots than trying to find a good Omaha or seven stud game online.

(I warned you up-front that this was intended to be a poker blog.)

Posted in Poker at 1:48 AM •

12 Responses to “Spreadin’ Omaha”

  1. Thus saith Andrea on January 19th, 2006 at about 10:05 am:

    Yeah, and you originally scared me off a long time ago….I came by and saw a ton of poker posts, I was like “what in the world is this?”

    Glad I gave you another chance ;)

  2. Thus saith JohnR on January 19th, 2006 at about 2:53 pm:

    DC: Why do you suppose Texas Hold’em is so popular? Omaha seems to be a variation or vice-versa. Omaha would be just as exciting on TV as long they have jerks like Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matesow(sic).

  3. Thus saith digitalcowboy on January 19th, 2006 at about 3:33 pm:

    JohnR, it’s because hold ‘em is complex enough to make people think, but still simple enough that they can play it and follow it on TV.

    Omaha is majorly complex to follow. It’s a game where even seasoned professional players sometimes misread the board or their own hand. The difference (and the reason) is that in Omaha you’re dealt four down cards instead of two and you MUST use two of your four down cards, in combination with three on the board to make a hand. In hold ‘em, you’re dealt two down cards and you can use one, both or none in combination with the board.

    You’re right that it’s just a variation of hold ‘em, but in practice, it’s very different. In addition, many Omaha games are played hi/low which adds another layer of complexity.

  4. Thus saith digitalcowboy on January 19th, 2006 at about 3:47 pm:

    Andrea, I’m glad you gave me another chance, too. You’ve made my life brighter.

    The tag line in my header used to be “Poker is life, life is poker.” I changed it because I ended up not doing as much on poker here as I had intended. I have a passion for the game, but discovered I don’t really enjoy writing about it so much.

  5. Thus saith Difster on January 19th, 2006 at about 6:06 pm:

    As to why Texas Hold ‘Em is more popular than Omaha:

    It’s all in the name. No one wants anything to do with Nebraska.

  6. Thus saith heidi on January 19th, 2006 at about 8:24 pm:

    Cowboy, I like you. I really do. But all this poker stuff makes me sleepy.

  7. Thus saith Steve B on January 20th, 2006 at about 6:34 am:

    I prefer Euchure.

  8. Thus saith Lisa on January 21st, 2006 at about 4:58 pm:

    Sad but true about Nebraska. It is a quaint little place in which to grow up, though. :D (As long as you don’t have to live in Omaha, you should be alright.)

  9. Thus saith Lisa on January 21st, 2006 at about 4:59 pm:

    *only “live” should be in italics there.*

  10. Thus saith Joelle on January 22nd, 2006 at about 8:28 am:

    I got to play Texas Hold ‘em for the first time last night. I had a lot of fun, and it’s good it’s not as hard as these others you mentioned. I won a couple hands, too, which was exciting (and improbable if the difficulty level was higher). I’m not sure I’d want to watch it on TV, though it would be fun to play again.

  11. Thus saith Andrea on January 25th, 2006 at about 12:05 am:

    So where is this new picture you promised us?

  12. Thus saith heidi on January 25th, 2006 at about 3:00 am:

    Cowboy, quit living life would ya? We miss you.

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