The Winner's Guide to Omaha Poker (Paperback)

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Ken Warren, best-selling author of Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker, now turns his attention to the latest rage in poker, Omaha High Low poker. In a clear, concise and easy-to-understand style, Warren shows beginner and intermediate Omaha players how to win from the first time they play the game. Covers: the rules, betting and blind structure, why to play Omaha, the advantages of Omaha over Texas Hold'em, glossary, reading the board, basic strategies, Omaha high, Omaha hi-low split 8/better, how to play draws and made hands, evaluation of starting hands, counting outs, computing pot odds, the unique characteristics of split-pot games, the best and worst Omaha hands, how to play before the flop, how to play on the flop, how to play on the turn and river, and tournament strategy. Loaded with specific examples of how to play the most common winning - and losing - hands. A winning, easy-to-read guide to Omaha Hi-Lo poker, the newest and latest rage in poker.

About the Author

Ken Warren is the author of the largest selling hold'em book of all time, Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker, and a multiple tournament winner so good that Las Vegas poker rooms asked him not to play in their tournaments to give other players a chance. In August, 1992, Warren played in and won the very first hand of legal poker dealt in Mississippi in this century

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Cardoza; illustrated edition edition (June 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580421024
• ISBN-13: 978-1580421027
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #923,967 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the Quality I Expected, June 15, 2004

By A Customer

Man, having been pleasantly surprised by the amount of useful material that was in Ken Warren's first two Hold'em books, I was extremely surprised by how little he packed into this book about Omaha. I think it was ridiculous having so many pages devoted to reading both hi and lo hands. The examples took up so much space, no wonder he was able to get so many pages out of so little material. He had very little advice on what specific hands to select, how to play pre-flop, how to play post-flop, not to mention very little on play at the turn and after the river. I really enjoyed his second book on hold'em, but I want to warn anyone that is thinking about getting this book not to expect very much out of it. I really wish he had used the same format as his previous book, with assignments at the end of each chapter to apply what you have learned, but he did not.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro, but lacking meat..., July 13, 2004

By	Patrick Smith "Just a guy with too many books!" (Signal Hill, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Although the title is a bit misleading, this book is a good intro to Omaha. I would have given it 4 stars, but I feel the title is a bit misplaced... Better would something like 'Introduction to Omaha'.

That being said, I think that the author does a good job of trying to hammer home the differences between Hold'em (where most players are coming from) and Omaha. He does a great job of providing dozens of examples of reading the board in relation to hand - a topic that can be very confusing, especially in the beginning.

What this book lacks however, is more meat on post flop play. Also, some firmer numbers on how Omaha can be more profitable than Hold'em. He talks about how the pots are bigger, but also how high/low and low splits can eat into your win rate. Additionally, he makes some strong aurguments for why 'better' players will not have as much of an edge in Omaha, but doesn't really get into how to be a 'winner' beyond the topic of starting hand selection.

All and all, I think that this book used in conjunction with one of the other books out there that are lacking some of this fundamentals would deffinately lead to a solid start in Omaha.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro Omaha book, January 13, 2004

By A Customer

I've been playing Omaha for the better part of two years now and am constantly on the lookout for new books on the subject (of which there are very few right now relative to the volume of hold'em books). When I ran across the "Winner's Guide" I immediately picked it up.

The book is basically divided into two parts - a very basic, introductory part, and the rest of the book which is a little more in depth. The first half of the book will be very useful to poker players who are new to Omaha or wish to try Omaha the next time the hold'em list at the casino is 40 people deep. The first half covers the very basics of Omaha - how it is different from hold'em, how it is not different from hold'em, what is a good starting hand in Omaha, and of course how do you read an Omaha board - particularly the low (i.e., what is the nuts?).

The second half of the book will be somewhat useful for more serious Omaha players and goes into more depth about Omaha strategy - when to try and draw out a low, when to pre-flop raise, when not to raise on the low, etc. However, if you are a player who already understands the basics of Omaha play and are looking for something a little more advanced, go with the Zee book on hi/lo poker (Omaha and 7 stud).

So the upshot of this review: a good intro to Omaha, but not all that useful to the experienced player.