Omaha Holdem Poker; The Action Game [Paperback]

Bob Ciaffone (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: No publisher Listed (1989)
• ASIN: B000OQZJ42
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,963,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Chips, October 9, 2002

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This review is from: Omaha Holdem Poker: The Action Game (Millennium Edition) (Paperback)

I was looking forward to this book on Omaha Holdem for several reasons: a) there are very few books on the game available and b) Bob Ciaffone has written some good books on other forms of poker. But this book gets a thumbs down and here's why:

1) It's way too short at just 106 pages. That just isn't room to even begin to go into Omaha Holdem.

2) There's very little information here: Page one is devoted to the "Popularity of the Game." Page two "The Rules". Page 3 "The Showdown." Pages 4-5 "Origin of Omaha." Pages 6-8 are about community card poker. Pages 9-13 are about betting and the blind structure. Page 14-15 are about learning to read the board in Omaha (you must use 2 cards from yourhand and 3 from the board). Pages 16-18 are about "Should you learn Omaha?". Pages 19-23 are about comparing Omaha and Texas holdem. And remember, this book is only 106 pages long so there's no much left for actual strategy.

3) Pages 91-97 are about tournaments.
4) pages 98-101 are about "Future Ideas for Omaha".

I simply found that there was barely enough information to even get started. For some reason this book is shorter than any of Ciaffone's other books even though Pot Limit Omaha
"represents the ideal form of poker" to the author. I wish there were more information here but there simply isn't. Buyer beware, this book is short, not in-depth, and will provide only the very basics of beginning Omaha.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!!!!!, May 24, 2005

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Lg Fehrenbaker "lars1nyc" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Omaha Holdem Poker: The Action Game (Millennium Edition) (Paperback)

If you plan on buying this book, you can get it direct from Ciaffone himself for $16 plus shipping and he will sign it too.

Don't pay these other scabs their inflated prices!!!!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too short but worth reading, December 18, 2003

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Carl Skutsch (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Omaha Holdem Poker: The Action Game (Millennium Edition) (Paperback)

Sure, it'd be nice if this was a longer book but it still gives some solid Omaha advice and I think it's worth the money given the lack of other good Omaha books out there. It would be nice if this was as good as Ciaffone's other books but it's certainly no stinker.