Back to Rio

Omaha Hi/Lo, I barely knew thee. Yet, you already turned on me, you vile Omawhore! Yep. Yesterday, the Omaha hi/lo game took a turn for the worse. Fortunately, my new and improved Spidey Sense (danger! your poker play is sub-optimal!) told me that I had to get the hell out of Dodge, so I made it out with only a $25 loss at .25/.50 and an under $10 loss at .10/.25. Multi-tabling is back in effect, baby!

With that red number on my spreadsheet (red denotes a losing day, folks...you know I can't spoon feed you everything), I decided to take a chance with the ole Rio again. And what a Rio it was! First place in my first Rio landed me a $37 profit. Third place in my second Rio landed me another $1 on top.

Look, people, I hate to proselytize, but here it comes. And worse yet, I'm plugging too. Do you like money? Do you play low stake SNGs ($20 and under), and want to move up a level, while building your bankroll AND lowering variance. Then sign up for Noble Poker from this link or that perty banner on the right. Here's the deal. Noble has a 50% bonus for first time depositors, up to $250 in bonus dough. You earn it in $10 increments, with 500 pts = $10, which is released immediately. If you are an SNG player, like me, you can earn pts with SNGs (a lot of sites, such as Ultimate Bet, only allow raked hands in ring games to count). If you play in the Rios, you get 60pts per Rio ($20+$3 fee, 20 pts per fee dollar). So, for every 9 Rios (actually 8.33 or so), you get $10 bonus money. That is more than a dollar off of each tourney.

But wait, there is more. The thing about Rios are, they are low variance, quick, and have an interesting bonus included. I know, you've heard it before, but RiverRun and others will tell you that it ain't just hype. And take a look at my old posts. I've played at Noble before and I'm back again because it's such a good site (especially with the Rios). The Rios are 6 player SNGs that take about 30 minutes, start to finish. Top 3 places pay, so you are going to be in the money 50% of the time. Basically, play tight and let some of the push monkeys (Noble has some terrible players) knock themselves out. Once you are in the money, turn it on and take first, without fear of losing and taking 3rd. 3rd is only $1 profit. 2nd is $13 or so. 1st is $37. If you get 1st 6 times in a row, you win a $25,000 bonus. If you place 1st or 2nd 6 times in a row, you get a $300 bonus. There is just so many freaking ways to win, it makes me want to vomit!

And, look, I'm shilling for Noble, yes. But I've been a fan of Noble for a long time. In fact, one of my favorite posts, The Mystery of the Missing Rake, was about Noble. So, it comes with my sincere seal of approval. In fact, you can email me at highonpokr@yahoo.com and I'll hook you up with a special extra something for signing up with Noble. I'd tell it here, but the Powers That Be might not take kindly to it.

There you have it. Omaha hi/lo is in the crapper (temporarily) and Rios helped save another losing day. I just can't get enough.

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