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how to get my friends to try omaha?

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  1. beam me up scotty beam me up scotty is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:26pm)

    Im interested in playing live game of Omaha with my friends instead of Holdem every week. I cant seem to convince them to try it, but this might be because I dont know a lot about it myself. It looks like a lot of fun to me though.

    Anybody have any positive points I can use in my argument to them?
  2. Annette_15 Annette_15 is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:29pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    Tell them they can play more hands and gamble more and I'm sure they'll go for it!
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  3. Camz Camz is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:29pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    I was in the same predicament last week. Still no answer.
  4. jalman1 jalman1 is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:31pm) in reply to Annette_15

    me and my friends used to play holdem religiously when we were in high school. But now we play omaha and omaha h/l home games as well and it creates a lot more intresting hands then NL holdem does. I think both games are stupid but there fun to play wih friends especially ones who have no idea how to play omaha h/l properly
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  5. HiRaX HiRaX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:34pm) in reply to Camz

    roofies
  6. Camz Camz is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 12:35pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    I think Omaha will be a bit easy, it's when it comes time to convince my friends to play razz with me I think will be most difficult.
  7. Mr Galt Mr Galt is offline sister-in-law's a ho

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 1:56pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    How about some HO? One round of hold'em and then Omaha. Repeat as needed. --J
  8. vesperka vesperka is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 2:02pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    I play cash games with my friends at school. We used to just play hold'em but I hated playing with them because they'd bet a ton even with crappy hands. so I never felt comfortable calling anything.

    Now that we play Omaha I just sit on the nuts and make bank. Just tell them there's a lot more action because it's like hold'em on steroids, 2 cards instead of 4. Plus, it's incredibly fun to see people make hands using 3 cards from their hand :D
  9. floppy mcnutts floppy mcnutts is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 2:24pm) in reply to vesperka

    Tell them its Holdem with 4 cards obv
  10. savvy savvy is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 2:39pm) in reply to floppy mcnutts

    tell them its all about draws and flopping the nuts sucks. theyll love that
  11. wny2nyc47 wny2nyc47 is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 3:09pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    Show them David Benyamine's lifetime NLH earn, then show them his PLO earn. They'll think anyone can play it.
  12. Popperhead Popperhead is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 3:41pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    scotty if this works tell me what you did

    my friends refuse to play a game with me that they feel they have no knowledge on and i hold a huge edge (which i already do in NLHE anyway)
  13. j_money24 j_money24 is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 4:18pm) in reply to Camz

    i finally got my friends to play omaha and razz. now they love both games.
  14. sleepi sleepi is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 4:26pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    i wouldn't suggest this if it was a homegame, calculating the pot and how much you can raise and all that shit by yourselves is gonna be annoying, especially with noobs.
  15. HiRaX HiRaX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 4:48pm) in reply to sleepi

    fuck PL , nl omaha FTW!
  16. Goal4Ziggy Goal4Ziggy is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 6:02pm) in reply to HiRaX

    No means no. Sure it starts off let's play some Omaha, then they get bored of that and they need a new fix maybe then you get them to try Stud. Omaha is a gateway game, pretty soon they'll be playing *gasp* razz begging for that final 7 so they can crack a 8 low as they watch hoplessly while their last paycheck they need to support their illegitimate child seems so far away even though it's only a few inches in front of them.

    You don't sound like a "friend" at all to me.
  17. shawz311 shawz311 is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 6:22pm) in reply to Goal4Ziggy

    Hey...psst..let me get a 1/2 of omaha, nah..nah..,the 8ob.

    Omaha sells itself, hell, go old school and get some dealers choice in there.
  18. willis09r willis09r is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 6:35pm) in reply to shawz311

    i went through the same thing and now they love it. like someone said i started it out by
    playing 1 round of each. i guess it helps the game is at my house. now everytime im
    stuck money, i suggest we play omaha!
  19. 85off 85off is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 7:07pm) in reply to beam me up scotty

    cash games- dealer calls
  20. Doctor Razz Doctor Razz is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2007 (11/30/2007 10:50pm) in reply to j_money24

    You run with a good posse
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