Farha on Omaha

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By far the most prevalent form of poker in Europe for the past two decades, Omaha is now enjoying a tremendous surge in popularity in the United States, thanks largely to its reputation as an “action game.” In hold’em most hands are contested by no more than two or three players. In Omaha it is not uncommon to have five or six players paying to see a flop, creating massive pots ripe for the plucking by those who know how to play the game correctly.

In Farha on Omaha: Expert Strategy for Beating Cash Games and Tournaments, Sam Farha, the world’s greatest Omaha player, and Storms Reback, a noted poker writer, offer those new to the game simple strategic tips that will help transform them into winning players. The authors provide strategies on how to beat the three most popular forms of Omaha—limit, eight-or-better, and pot-limit—in both cash games and tournaments.

Sam Farha, one of the best professional poker players in the world, is best known for having finished second in the main event of the 2003 World Series of Poker. He plays in the biggest cash games in the world, including regular stints in the famed “Big Game” in Las Vegas. He has won two gold bracelets at the World Series of Poker in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event in 1996 and the $5,000 Omaha High-Low Eight-or-Better event in 2006.

After playing at the highest stakes in the world for nearly three decades, he has earned a reputation as one of the greatest Omaha players on the planet. Now for the first time, he shares with readers the inside secrets of how to beat not only the legions of amateurs flocking to this hot “new” game but accomplished professionals as well. Providing practical advice and advanced strategy tips, and discussing specific hands from his victories at the World Series of Poker and high-stakes cash games in which millions of dollars were on the line, Farha on Omaha promises to turn beginners into winning players and winning players into champions.

About the authors: Sam Farha has won two gold bracelets at the World Series of Poker. A successful high-stakes cash game player, he is considered by many to be the best pot-limit Omaha player in the world. Storms Reback is a writer and professional poker player. He is the coauthor of All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker as well as a regular contributor to All In magazine.