More Lessons in Omaha.
Back at Pechanga on Saturday night, and what a madhouse the place was. Waited almost an hour to get on the only Omaha game going. Once i got in the game I was back in my element. Very exciting. I have no formal training in Omaha but I think I'm doing a really good job of recognizing what constitutes poor, average, premium and superpremium starting hands, and all the junk in between. Also, I think my post flop play has drastically improved from the old days, as I am releasing hands that should go into the muck and not doing a ton of chasing. It should be noted that through my losses in this session, I did learn a ton about why it's not a good idea to draw to the SECOND nuts and why your pre-flop intent should always be to scoop, rather just focusing on the high or the low. Also, there was some constant shelling in this session by live straddles, steam raises and some actual strategic aggressiveness. All said and done, I came out with red numbers but I wasn't disappointed by my play save for a few stupid calls and one missed river bet in a KILL pot, in late position, holding a low boat. Down about $75 when the game finally broke somewhere in the 5th hour...not a bad learning session though for $15/hour. I've also dedicated myself to re-reading Bobby Baldwin's chapters on Omaha in Super Systems II. It's a slow read but if you can pull just one little nugget from each section, it's worth it.

My next big thing is going to be getting up to L.A. to test the Omaha waters of The Bike and Commerce.

Somewhere on the not-too-distant horizon (January) is the Omaha Event in the 2008 LA Poker Classic at Commerce.

Then, god willing, maybe a $1,500 or $2,500 Omaha Event at the 2008 WSOP in June/July.