I’m good at Omaha? (not really)

Posted by Verstehen

September 10, 2008

For a month, I’m playing only heads-up poker for cash games. I was getting really burned out on 6-max poker, and faced with the alternative of trying full-ring or heads-up, I opted for the latter. Heads-up really is a wonderful game, the swings are manic but the continuous decision-making keeps the boredom at bay and allows you to focus. I often felt that I quickly settled into a rut with 6-max, and started opening more tables and playing even more mechanically. I can’t play more than 3 tables simultaneously with heads-up, and although my FPP rate is far lower my winrate is higher than it’s ever been. HU is really about making adjustments, much more than full-ring or 6-max. I think people who say HU is 90% metagame are overstating it but “playing the player” certainly has a much bigger role.

In “WTF” news, I won a PLO SNG without knowing how to play PLO. I guess there’s a luck element? I had some money left on Full Tilt and decided to play a bunch of SNGs, which I almost never do. I accidentally registered for a one-table Omaha sit-and-go, froze up when I saw four hole cards in the first hand, and proceeded to luckbox my way to flop a lot of sets and top 2 pair hands to beat my opponents. I’m not sure my opponents knew much more than me, I played pretty straightforward tournament poker and caught a couple of nice hands early to grab a chip lead.

I’ve also started a twitter feed for the micro-updates under my Stars SN.

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