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I have often had significant trouble explaining to friends some rules to follow to avoid the common mistakes of beginning PLO players. That's what I was trying to say." I think that Jeff's series (as I certainly hope there are more to come) may be to PLO what Harrington's series are to tournament and cash game Texas Hold Em. Mr. Many times while reading this book I found myself thinking "Yes. A wonderful and desperately needed addition to the poker player's literary cache. Huang does what is no easy task in this book. He boils down the fundamental strategies of winning PLO play into a systematic and understandable text that will vastly elevate the game of most novice and intermediate PLO players.
but i found this book to be very readable.Jeff is very good at explaining both the basic and advanced concepts of Omaha Poker, in plain english. as it gives you the strategies you'll need to be able to play the game at hte higher limits, given practice. [.].Most people that are keen on Texas Hold'em, have probably read a book or 3. so that even a non-reader like me can understand it.this is a book i'd recommend to anyone that is just starting out and playing micro limit PLO. :-)a must get for all beginner PLO players. and thats the main pre-requisite of this book.the other, is to have an interest in Omaha Poker. The Game of Champions.now i'm the type of person that gets bored very easily while reading.
A must read IMO. I saved enough money after reading 50 pages to pay for the book. This book will teach you what you need to know to play any kind of omaha. It is a great PLO book, as well as a good book for Omaha/8.
I have read several poker books on Omaha; Ken Warren's, Bob Ciaffone's, T.J. your outs are not the nut outs)and which ones can turn into monsters is something the other books left out. None of them helped me with Omaha the way this book did. It's not just Omaha High, but the High Low section is excellent.Jeff is systematic in his approach to each starting hand.
This book is the only Omaha book you should buy.This book is mainly for cash game play. Warren's book is very elementary but a good starting tool. Rolf's book has an interesting style for short stack play, but once you double up his big stack play is not as clear as Jeff's. There are a few examples from tournaments, but this book concentrates on the cash game arena. After I read T.J.'s book I thought no one should play a hand unless it was the Broadway wrap. Cloutier's, and recently Rolf Slotboom's book.
Ciaffone's book is very thin, good information, but no examples. This book is a tremendous value for the price they charge. Yes, there are a few typographical errors, but it certainly should not stop you from buying this book if you want to play Omaha. The understanding of which drawing hands get you into trouble (i.e.
For example, you both may have the same straight draw, but you also have a flush draw.Main weakness of the book is it doesn't talk much about postflop play with deep stacks. Good introduction to PLO. Basically teaches a tight preflop strategy where you get the money in postflop dominating an opponent.
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