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Today I managed to win 4,40 dollars in the weekly round two on Ppokerstrs playing 5 card Omaha. I finished somewhere around place 55 and had to play four and a half hours for my money, but omaha is a lot of fun and so it was worth it.
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That omaha game must be petty much a lotto one. Already there are too many combinations, with the normal one. So i guess the luck was on your side finishing in a good place. Pretty long game for a freeroll. I wonder how many thousands were playing.
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Posted by Mober: That omaha game must be petty much a lotto one. Already there are too many combinations, with the normal one. So i guess the luck was on your side finishing in a good place. Pretty long game for a freeroll. I wonder how many thousands were playing.
There were 7 - 8.000 players starting the tournament and only 732 were in the money starting with 1,10 dollars. You are right it is very long (especially considering that it was played 6 max), because the blinds only increased every 10 minutes or so.
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Well at least you had fun and that's the most important things when playing cards. Good results come and go but if in those 4 hours you were enjoying yourself , the reward afterwards comes into 2nd place imo.
Most times you wont even win that from a freeroll so overall its not bad at all ( even if you had no fun lol) and next omaha tournament you play it can also be a "freeroll" using those $4.40 u got
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Well done mate keep up the good work and keep making money and when you do reward yourself with some nice treats a meal there and here to remind you that you are getting what you are sowing, so congrats mate, keep it up again , have fun at the tables and also take a break if you hit a break somewhere ,hopefully not anytime soon and post more of those wins , cheers peace out mate , have fun again me out as work tomorrow!
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well done this tournament is a good freeroll but to get real money you have to reach the top 5 but your result was good , and since you had fun , you won't consider the four hours lost time 5 card Omaha is an interesting game , full-house can be folded only great hands would in the pot but also this means a lot of players would just call hoping for a miracle anyway good luck to you
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Posted by lukasb: Well at least you had fun and that's the most important things when playing cards. Good results come and go but if in those 4 hours you were enjoying yourself , the reward afterwards comes into 2nd place imo.
Most times you wont even win that from a freeroll so overall its not bad at all ( even if you had no fun lol) and next omaha tournament you play it can also be a "freeroll" using those $4.40 u got
Best of luck!
Thats it mate, if you do not play poker to earn your living you need to have some fun playing. And this was a 5 card omaha game which is always and automatically way more fun and action than playing the old no limit holdem.