Thursday, November 8. 2007Old nit in "not a fan of Omaha" shockerGBC = Gamblers' Book Shop. Worst acronym ever?
They have a podcast now. In fact it's been going for a few months but as usual I'm playing catch-up. This was a little gem back from episode #2 when celebrity bookshop owner Howard Schwartz (he thought I was from Pennsylvania) asks Vegas old-timer Sam O'Connor what he thinks about Omaha poker. [8 second clip - press play!]
"Well it seems like a gamblin' game to me". I'm not particularly surprised. I'm only part way through O'Connor's book, Just Sit Tight and Wait For The Nuts, but it's already in great shape to be the nittiest poker strategy I've ever read by a mile. |
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May I be among the first to openly show my support for, and in fact to encourage, Dusk Till Dawn bringing in house-banked casinos games. Because at 11:30pm on Sunday night, just after my pocket kings ran into pocket queens without me making a straight, Comments (2)
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It took me a while to realise, but last night at Binions I was playing $1/$2 NL with Sam O'Connor, apparently one of the first men to ever be seated in a Texas Hold'em game when it arrived in Las Vegas.In fact I only realised when he started recounting a Comments (2)
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