The most stupid thing I have done, was playing a Omaha cash game without first reading the rules.
Prior to
online poker, I had played a lot of Five Card Draw. When I first started playing online, I found the major game was Texas Hold’em and I had the good sense to read the rules before playing. In my early online days, I mostly played cash games and the odd Sit and Go.
The day in question, I logged in to play another Texas Hold’em cash game, but a spur of the moment decision, decided to have a look at Omaha. The very first hand, I lost my entire buy-in, when my “straight flush” was beaten by a full house. What the hell (or something like that) I uttered. A quick check of the rules and I realised I could only use two hole cards.
That put me off Omaha for a long time, but now days, I prefer playing it over Hold’em
.