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This book was short on technical information. It related how the author took long shots and got lucky

This book was quite instructive, but I found it annoying how many hands I thought should have been folded before the flop, and Stewart agreed with me. Once we get that question right, what is the point in going on with the analysis?

I also found that the games that these hands came from were much more aggressive than the low-limit games that you find online. I don't think that these strategies are completely appropriate for those games. But, if you are playing for thousands at the Grosvenor Victoria, this is your handbook.

Still, in the end, I would say that it improved my game. Plus, there is very little written on the subject of Pot-Limit Omaha, so you are going to end up reading all three of those books, anyway.

wrong based on his plays. This is still a very good book to learn from but like the highest level books...holdem for advanced players , You MUST determine the intrinsic value of your hand for yourself as you will be the one playing in the casino. So read the quizes and take them for what they are worth. I labeled all the quizzes with a headline at the top after I wrote it. Some read MEANINGLESS ENTRY...nothing to be learned but this was maybe for 2 of the first 10. Take it for what it is worth...if you have the extra 13 bucks and want to improve your game I say go for it.

A terrific book for thinking through how to play a number of pot limit Omaha hands. It is not quite as well written as his later book on Pot Limit Hold Em, but I think Reuben is a better Omaha player than Hold Em player.

The simple fact is, there is no definitive book on Omaha, and maybe the subject is too complex for there to be one. I've learned from this book and the Cloutier/McEvoy book, but there are still gaps in my education that I am filling with experience, some of it not so pleasant.

The technique is to present a hand and ask you what you would do at various betting points in the hand. I sometimes disagree with his advice and do not play hands because I'm bored, as he does. So, we sometimes disagree about my score. The explanations of the correct strategy, which are often not the same as what Reuben did, himself, present many ideas we need to ponder to improve our games.

His phrasing is sometimes odd. I know, he's English and he can't help it. In one hand, he describes a player as making a straddle bet on the blinds. Huh? I trade options for a living and play straddles all day long. Whatever he is describing has no relationship to anything I call a straddle.

Still, a great book that would be even better with a nice, pretty English nanny translating it for me.

This book consists of fifty quizzes based on real poker hands. Each of these hands Rueben either participated in or watched happened. For example, Rueben will say he was dealt KKQJ double suited in late position and the book quizzes you a.) fold b.) call c.) min raise d.) pot raise. Next the flop comes T93 rainbow and three players check to you. What do you do, the book asks, a.) check b.) small bet or c.) big bet? And so on until the river. At the end of each hand, Rueben explains what he thinks the correct decision is at each step, his rationale and what really went down. It is up to you to think about whether you agree or disagree with his decision making processes. This book is not a "how to play pot limit omaha" manual for beginners.
For the most part, I disagreed with his style of play. I thought he was overly aggressive. But you have to remember he has made a lot of money playing poker and I have only made a little.

Sure, it'd be nice if this was a longer book but it still gives some solid Omaha advice and I think it's worth the money given the lack of other good Omaha books out there. It would be nice if this was as good as Ciaffone's other books but it's certainly no stinker.

If you plan on buying this book, you can get it direct from Ciaffone himself for $16 plus shipping and he will sign it too.

Don't pay these other scabs their inflated prices!!!!!!

This is by far the best book on omaha high. However, it contains minimal information on omaha hi/lo. While the text is really short, hence I'm only giving it 4 stars, it contains many of the basics that are essential to be a great omaha player. If you are a PLO or omaha hi player and you only want to pick up one book this would be the one I'd recommend.

I was looking forward to this book on Omaha Holdem for several reasons: a) there are very few books on the game available and b) Bob Ciaffone has written some good books on other forms of poker. But this book gets a thumbs down and here's why:

1) It's way too short at just 106 pages. That just isn't room to even begin to go into Omaha Holdem.

2) There's very little information here: Page one is devoted to the "Popularity of the Game." Page two "The Rules". Page 3 "The Showdown." Pages 4-5 "Origin of Omaha." Pages 6-8 are about community card poker. Pages 9-13 are about betting and the blind structure. Page 14-15 are about learning to read the board in Omaha (you must use 2 cards from yourhand and 3 from the board). Pages 16-18 are about "Should you learn Omaha?". Pages 19-23 are about comparing Omaha and Texas holdem. And remember, this book is only 106 pages long so there's no much left for actual strategy.

3) Pages 91-97 are about tournaments.
4) pages 98-101 are about "Future Ideas for Omaha".

I simply found that there was barely enough information to even get started. For some reason this book is shorter than any of Ciaffone's other books even though Pot Limit Omaha
"represents the ideal form of poker" to the author. I wish there were more information here but there simply isn't. Buyer beware, this book is short, not in-depth, and will provide only the very basics of beginning Omaha.

Well whatever freak would right that she set it up is sick. That is my aunt. It is a terrible sick thing that happened and the book almost has all of the facts correct.

I probably would not have read this book, until I found out few years after that I had been dating the adult Male victims wife. The ex of the killer named Sandy. We did not date for a long period of time. However after reading this book and with my inside knowledge of the family and victims. I believe it may be that Sandy put her ex-boyfriend up to this, possibly trying to release herself from an unhappy marriage. You will have to make your own conclusions. I think the writer was spot-on when pointing a finger in Sandy's direction.

This book was very interesting and competent when describing the process in which the chemical substance that caused the deaths was tracked down. However, two parts of this book disturbed me greatly. The first was that the author kept casting unfounded suspicions on the surviving wife. I really felt disgusted by this in some portions of this work. The second is the author sometimes veers into satanism. One gets the feeling that this theme was originally more prominent in this work and an editor reigned it in. Still, someone should inform the author that humanism does not equate with satanism.

A chilling true story. How an almost perfect crime came to be solved. It is an almost impossible task to trace the cause of death until one woman expert in 'hidden' poisens comes to the rescue

Warning: This is the vol. two of the OLD edition of Omaha, so if you're buying the new edition, you shouldn't buy this book, you should buy the vol 2. of the NEW edition.

It's a "furries" world, peopled by human-looking folk who actually happen to be birds, dogs, or (like Omaha) cats. In a charming bit of counter-racism, no one much seems to notice, to the point that people of one species would be quite happy at an [um] exotic dance display put on by one of the others. That's where Omaha comes in, as a [um] dancer.

There's no bam-pow action in this series. Instead, it follows a set of friends (dancers, millionaires, hookers, photographers) through trials and tribulations of family, loss, and the rest. The series has a gentle spirit, with lots of acceptance of people as they are. For example, this 1980s comic shows its gay characters sympathetically and has a laissez faire sense about what passes between consenting adults. That includes some fairly explicit exchanges of physical affection. It's always happy and consensual, but some people don't like seeing gentalia in their comics, so be warned.

"Omaha" has a low-key pace, more for romance readers than for action-lovers. The artwork is B&W, and subject to erratic quality in the drawing department - that's certainly not why you'd buy it. If characterization matters most to you, there's a lot to like here.

//wiredweird

after i read vol.1 of Omaha the Cat Dancer, i spent months looking for vol.2. what happened next? i had to know what happened to Omaha and the rest of the gang! would she ever see Chuck again? then i finally managed to find a copy of vol.2 and it was amazing! if you've read the first book, this is a must-read. if you haven't, read it anyway! the story is great!

I have the 1979 Abbatoir edition of this book, hand printed in Omaha by Harry Duncan and it is a gem. There were only 250 copies printed so it is probably a tough book to find out there but it is a treasure.
It's worth looking for.

Thiese translations by Martin are too cutesy in their use of modern American parlance.. 'Hooker,' ' his boy's fanny,' 'cruising,' 'faggot'... Ruins this book for me. I prefer the old Penguin edition I used to have.

Catullus is one of the poets who first kindled my love of poetry, and I was delighted to discover this excellent recent translation. Martin beautifully conveys Catullus' many faces and moods, from the mock-sweet lyric about his mistress' dead sparrow, to the spare, anguished syllables of odi et amo...much recommended...

I first heard of Victor Brombert as a lecturer on Flaubert, Tolstoy, Sartre, Woolf, Conrad and others for the Teaching Company some years ago. His depth and range were therefore first an aural experience for me, rather than one taken from a book. His easy and remarkable way with the English language (by my reckoning at least his fourth, after Russian, German and French) was an experience to be relived again and again. When I read these memoirs, I found them to be at once intimate and self-effacing, while providing a valuable historical lesson as he spun out his early years. I envy those who had the experience, either at Yale or Princeton, to be his student. I also envy someone who can use his fourth language with the musicality and depth of feeling that few can do with their first. Brombert's Trains of Thought succeeds on all levels.

How could a book writen by a good writer and a interesting man, with great subjects, books, history, education, ever be so boring? If this is what memoirs have come down to they need to be outlawed. I understand that writing about oneself is difficult indeed, and very few have pulled it off, but this is brutal. This gets my worse book of the year award. 0 stars

Books, education, thinking, and even history itself, have been collectively buried under. There is too much undifferentiated mush, a constant rush of gabbing plenty at the beleaguered individual. From under the rubble comes Victor Brombert's valiant memoir, a classic of pinpoint remembrance, a fully humane celebration of the potency of, well, something or other. For "Trains of Thought" is profoundly self-deprecating, a miraculous occurence for a fully vested professor of the highest rank. Brombert's magisterial touch with the very act of writing brings the proper lighting to every cinematic scene. "Trains of Thought" is a gift to succeeding generations, to the remaining intelligentsia, and to states whose recent horrid past is so little understood. Scholarly work on World War II, filling ocean tankers by now, cannot approach the vivid yet conflicted remembrances of a participant/onlooker. Surely there is an element of delusion in Brombert's infatuation with the representations of high culture as they apply to immense political events, but all human affairs are conducted with such vainglorious positionings. This is a towering memoir, in a almost literal sense - humanity has the chance, through this book, to look down upon the events of those times, and see what it couldn't see before: itself. Families. Schools. Boys and girls. Social events. Mass political insanity. Fathers and mothers. Death. Survival.

The book is good and came quickly. I had expected more historical writing and explanations along with the photos, but that's not a big deal. Can get the other info on-line and through library sources.

Thanks.

Very good account of the events of 1898 in Omaha. There are hundreds of photos with differing views of the entire grounds. Excellent written accounts from people of the time that are balanced with views from today.
Highly recommended.

Well, I just listened to coast to coast AM, about this guy. I was somewhat interested about time travel, and thought, well, maybe it's just possible. Maybe this guy did use a machine to travel through time.

Then I went to johntitor.com, and read some of the blogs that he had supposedly written. So many google ads, and links to buy things, it made me think this was a scam. So anyway, I went to amazon.com, to see about this book.

$327 for a paperback? You've got to be kidding!!! Even organized televangelists don't charge this much on tv, or the websites! Anyone that believes this should send their money to me. I'll make better use of it! Ridiculous! It amazes me that there are you idiots out there that believe this crap! Get a life. Give your money to charity, or donate money you can't use to cancer research. Oh I am so angry I can't see straight. So many fools in the world, and I won't be one of them, at least not today.

have not read much at all of john titor postings . but i must say he is coming from the right angle to call us ignorant sheep, we dont even have to venture in to the future to see that . and to scare us someone say`s. well we are all the fear there is, this only brings a chance to better ourselves . we have the opportunity to become wise , but over time have become to spiritually indolent and care to much for comfort . its funny you mentioned this twice in your note , it must of struck a chord in you . I would say this is a wake up call for you . not to say this man is coming from the future or not . but something us humans must strive to see before the light radiation becomes to much for us. we can twist and turn as much as we want but when the truth come`s and i mean the real truth . mankind will be very shocked to know what it really is or ever was . we have had many opportunities to follow the truth in the past, but have ignored it so maybe our own suffering is the only thing that can help us change for the future ,and also must not forget our blissful moments of love and joy and peace ,entwined within a great part of the sinking world . have not read the book just some of his postings . and i like what he said about we must not be focused on where he is from and how this all came about , but more on trying to get right were we have all gone wrong , The ignorant sheep thing made me laugh bye

It is certainly an interesting story, with no way to prove it one or the other. Titor's Worldline explanation conveniently covers up why it would be impossible to track him. Take the story with a grain of salt, It does resonate with some current world events wheich can be unnerving but all the same, easily dismissable.

Okay, I'll admit that John Titor was most likely a hoax. But, it's a fascinating hoax. When you really dive into John Titor's story, its a fascinating tale that is remarkably consistent. I don't doubt that it is certainly the works of a very bored, but very creative person. That alone is enough to capture my interest.

The book is just a compilation of all of John's posts on the Internet. If you're familiar with the story, then the book is a good way to read all his posts in one place. If you're not familiar with the John Titor story, then the book will probably be inaccessible to you. The writing and layout are not very good. But, I accept that this is because it is very hard to translate Internet posts into a linear novel format.

One of the key things in Titor's story that is most interesting is the concept of "worldlines." You have to understand that key concept to really understand the whole story. He doesn't talk much about it, but when he does it adds a fascinating dimension (no pun intended) to his story. And the science behind his story is mostly valid. Sure, there are a LOT of missing pieces. But, nevertheless it's an enjoyable story.

One of the reasons I really enjoy this story is because of how it demonstrates how powerful a myth can become. Overtime, myths can have a profound impact on society. And while Titor isn't the most profound or even most powerful, its nevertheless interesting to think that some of the values, ideas, concepts or faiths we hold, may be nothing more than a collection of John Titor stories

The flaw is this. In the book, Titor claims he was
born in 1998 and was a time traveller from 2036.
Titor claims he first visited 1975 and met his grandfather.
He told his grandfather about the Y2k crisis and mentioned the
devastation. According to Titor's mother, Titor then
went to 1998 and met his parents and his infant self.
Titor stayed with his family through spring of 2001, during
which of course, the devastation from the y2k crisis did not
occur. Titor and his mother claimed this was because
Titor changed the timeline due to his warning of his
grandfather in 1975.

Given the profound change in the time line, what are the odds
that the a sperm cell and egg cell (each composed of
a random sequence of alleles) from Mr. and Mrs Titor would
produce a son in this altered timeline that would be
a genetic duplicate of the time traveller John Titor? What
are the odds this son would still be born on the same year
and date as time traveller John Titor? What are the odds he
would be named John? Etc. I guess in trillions of other
time lines, Titor has noted that he isn't the same
person genetically as his namesake, but in our time line,
we won the lottery.

There are other flaws, such as Titor claiming he
didn't pay attention to sports scores from 2000-2001,
but then in other messages noting that this timeline seems
like his, except some sports outcomes seem to be different.

I also could not finish this book, and I was captive on a coast to coast flight. The comedy in this book is strained and it is obvious that Ludlum was trying way to hard to be funny. I had to read and re-read passages just to make sense of what was written. The Road to Omaha is very bumpy indeed.

I'm sorry I bought it. Even though I read about it first, it was quite different from what I expected. In comparison to other Ludlum books,
this one is just awful. Didn't even finish it.

The Hawk is back with his hijinks and silliness, and out to get some of his own back on those that booted him out of the Armed Forces.

Here, he has dug up some obscure piece of legislation, and with the helf of a lawyer and a native American tribe, is looking to get the government to give him Nebraska. Hence the Omaha in the name. Nebraska just happens to be where some of the Air Force command is situated.

some parts are funny, but it just didn't hold my interest like his newer books do. I couldn't put the Scorpio Illusion down. This one I struggled through. It just didn't move along like his other intense novels do. and there was quite a bit of off-color humor I couldn't appreciate.

Road to Omaha could have been a really funny and enjoyable book if the author had just gone a little softer with off the wall "coincidences" and having 98% of the conversations being disjointed screaming matches. As it is I bought 10 books for $1.00 at a yard sale and this books wasn't even worth the .10 cents it cost me.

Perhaps my expectations were too high. Sammy is a great player, so I expected to get some great insight and guidance. This book did not follow through.
It is filled with generalizations and conflicting statements. Also, the book is divided into 3 sections (Limit Omaha, Omaha/8, Pot-Limit Omaha) where he basically rehashes the same ideas.
I did pick up some useful information about how to play the player as opposed to the cards, but that isn't enough to make up for all of the other weaknesses in this book.

If Berry Greenstein has written the Cadillac of Holdem books, Sam Farha has written the Porsche of Omaha books.

Farha takes you from just knowing how to play Omaha to actually understanding the strategy of the game quickly, easily and in an entertaining manner.

He breaks down hand strengths before the flop, after the flop and through the river. He offers insights as to how most players approach the game and how to take advantage of the fact most people today use a Holdem mentality when the sit down to play Omaha (Mistake!!!).

I've only had the chance to play online since reading the book but definitely feel I'm one of the better players at the table already.

If you're looking for an alternative to playing Holdem in a game with lots of action and don't want to lose your butt learning, then I highly remommend this book!

Sammy Farha is one of my favoriate professional poker players, however, this book, bearing Sammy's name is, quite frankly, a disapointment. Calculation errors, poor editing, questionable reasoning, and etc., to the extent I'm wondering who actually wrote this book and whoever edited it was, obviously, preoccupied with something else.

Sorry, Sammy, you are still my favoriate professional poker player, but I must call'em like I see'em: 2 stars, and only because I'm currently in a gernerous mood.

I've read several poker books and I sadly have to give this one a 3.
It lacks some depth when it comes to hands reviews and in general it's not that useful.
Basically it tells you the gaming difference between Limit, Pot Limit and 8 or better Omaha, while not giving any real (and beyond pure-beginner stage) tips or how-to.

I wouldn't consider this book if you are not a complete beginner and a Farha's fan. You'll get disappointed!

This book contains more stories about Sammy bluffing players off a hand than actual poker strategy.
This book WILL NOT improve your Omaha game.

First of all, the entire first section is devoted entirely to LIMIT OMAHA HI. Does this game even exist anymore? I haven't seen it on ANY of the major online cardrooms, and all the casinos near me offer Hi-Lo only. Just as obnoxious that there's an entire section written about a game that's all but extinct, is the glaring omission of any material on Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, a game that is BY FAR more widespread than Limit Omaha Hi.

The material is also laid out in huge chunks with no smaller sub-headings in each chapter, making it a very difficult book to reference.

As of the writing of this review, Jeff Hwang's 'Pot-Limit Omaha Poker' -- a FAR superior book, with tons of RELEVANT information and strategy, is selling on Amazon for $3.40 LESS than 'Farha on Omaha'. Do yourself a favor and pick that one up instead.

Sorry Sammy. I love watching you on TV, but your book really stinks.