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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

Hey

So I'm making the move. Hold'em to Omaha. I was pretty much a break even/slight winner at holdem (not even at decent limits) and I put this down to 'learning' the game when i was younger and got into WAY too many bad habits that i just couldn't break

But with Omaha, i simply do not know the game - AT ALL. It would be a completely new learning experience and one i think I have the maturity to sit down and learn properly before bad habits take hold.

Any one else with this mentality, do you think it could work?

Also, I don't have any sort of PLO HUD and wont buy one until can. I cant imagine this harming me too much, unless more experienced players think that its absolutely required. It would be harder to analyse my game but I'll be playing such a basic strategy that I cant se it mattering too much

Hope to hear from you all

Joel


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gadget51
Joined: 23.06.2008

Hi joeldowey123,

There is a series for beginners to Omaha just started, produced by the superb coach Skodljivec - get to silver status quick to access it!

Meanwhile these two bronze status videos should whet your appetite:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/#contenttype=17&gametype=4&tablesize=0&languages=en&levels=basic,bronze&lowerlimit=0&upperlimit=14&ob=date&od=desc&page=1&rpp=10

P.S. We wants a blog! :f_love:

Regards and have fun,

Mal.


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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

haha I'm not starting to play until the end of month (after exams and i get paid) so ill have a couple weeks just looking at theory!

Slightly annoyed there's hi/lo stuff in the strat section as I only wanna play hi

but im sure the vids will def come in handy thank you very much for those!

I'll get a blog started when i start playing (i got the omaha equilab today so i'll play around with that for a bit!)

Joel


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Skodljivec
Joined: 17.12.2011

I'm currently making a beginners PLO series at PokerStrategy. It should wet your appetite like you said, just to give you the basic info you'll need to start the game :)


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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

Originally posted by Skodljivec
I'm currently making a beginners PLO series at PokerStrategy. It should wet your appetite like you said, just to give you the basic info you'll need to start the game :)

sounds good my man, when do you think the content will be available! really looking forward to learning the variant of the game!


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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

also, just read ur coaching blog page, sounds interesting and something I may do if I feel I have enojoyment for the game! no point if i dont like the game really haha


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Skodljivec
Joined: 17.12.2011

Hey :)

Here's the first video; http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/29087/
it's basic stuff, but it's something every potential PLO player should learn. It's just a theoretical video, that's why it's only 20min long... I'll probably do 3 more theory videos (2nd one comes out next week), and then i'll go to live play.

Also, here's my first first video, which is a live play session; to give you some feel for the game and the dynamics - http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/28894/

EDIT: sorry, i just saw my videos are for silver status users... I guess you'll have to grind some hands to be able to see them :)


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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

ahh not to worry, I'll be starting soon! What I've read of PLO so far I've really enjoyed and looking forward to getting involved!

Just hope I can withstand the swings of this game haha


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Kyyberi
Joined: 09.07.2010

If you think that swings will affect your mental game, you really should start working with that (mental game) too. We have an awesome Learning to Win section in our forums to start with. :)


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joeldowey123
Joined: 09.06.2010

It's something I haev always struggled with and as a result I've taken a long time out from poker! I feel in this year though that I have learnt how to dealw ith things (in life) much better than before!

I'll def take a look at the section too. I've read "The Poker Mindset" which was a good read and did help.

Thanks guys, cant wait to get started again and ACTUALLY learn to play again


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