How to introduce omaha/limit games to players? (1 Viewer)

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I thought that was draw -- are they playing stud? Today I learned!

No problem. Check out Cincinnatti Kid as well, 5 card stud. Brutal game.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

My crew goes about 75% Omaha and 25% Hold'em, before 10:00 (when bomb pots become dealer's choice instead of just Omaha).

After that it's about 95% Double Board Omaha, Brutal Scarney, 3-card Double Board Hold'em, and Keithington, and maybe a hand of normal Hold'em once or twice for the rest of the night.

The eff is Keithington?

 

[Jimulacrum]

The eff is Keithington?

Deal is mechanically identical to Double Board Omaha, but top board plays Omaha rules, and bottom board plays Hold'em rules (any number of hole and board cards).

 

[ArielVer18]

Surprised no one mentioned this: just play the usual texas holdem and randomly introduce a hand of dealer's choice.

For example, we play holdem, but when the ace of spade appear on the board, the very next hand is dealer's choice. Pretty sure I saw it on twoplustwo a long time ago so it's not an original idea.

My original intent was to discourage the holdem-only players from coming to my game. Those people usually don't give action and are too risk adverse to play games they didn't study strategically.

A lot of home games I go to also have a similar idea with a different dealer's choice trigger (black aces, one-eyed jack, monotone flop, trips on the flop, etc).

Start with games that are similar to holdem: pineapple, all the other pineapple variants, hollywood, super holdem; then introduce the concept of Omaha with PLO, SOHE, PLO6, etc.

Eventually, you'll convert or discover enough players who prefer to play non-holdem games.

 

[mconn116]

And Chicago is a stud game.

Remind me…
Stud game high spade in the hole splits the pot