Examples on Limit Omaha by Highest Combination and Playing Tips. The 2nd Part

For beginning see The 1st Part.

4) Your hand AQQ6 Flop Q96

On the flop you get a wonderful hand: high three-of-a-kind and nut flush draw. You say first on the flop and three players call you. On the turn there appears for example 4. You make a bet, two opponents fold their cards and one calls. The last comes 3 leaving you the nut flush. What should you do: bet or try check-raise? Read more… »

Examples on Limit Omaha by Highest Combination and Playing Tips. The 1st part

You play limit Omaha holdem poker and get in the following situations:

1) Your cards 9865 Flop J107

You make a bet during the flop. Person on your left side rises and button player calls. Should you reraise?

Don’t reraise but call with tears in your eyes. Don’t even try to show me that you get nuts and don’t ask me to be your partner. I don’t need this weak hand of yours’. Only on the turn you need 13 of 45 cards to appear on the board for you to keep your nuts, and the chances that after the fourth and fifth cards you will still have your nuts are 6%. Split is possible but only owing to a miracle that your opponents will not improve their hands. Actually it is better to fold than call.

2) Your hand Q877 Flop J109

You’re on the button and 5 five persons go on the flop. First makes a bet and three others call. Your actions? Read more… »

Gaming Strategy of Limit Omaha Played by Highest Combination

Limit Omaha played by highest combination is quite simple game. We’ve already discussed the strategy of playing Omaha hi in preflop. If you consider your hand the best then you bet; if not then your prime strategy in Omaha high is to make sure that there are enough cards available in order to get you nuts and that will justify your staying in the game. The stress is to be made on the word nuts, since in Omaha it is seldom reasonable to draw the hand which will not be good enough even after drawing.

Most Omaha games have the following structure: Read more… »

Omaha Hold’em Vulnerability and Weak Combinations. The 2nd part

See beginning in the First Part.

Even more often at Omaha tables I can see a lot of players calling all bets with A-A-x-x no matter how high they are. The instinct of Texas holdem so often gets over these players that they just can’t let the two aces go.

Some time ago such game situation happened with me.

I’m in early position, there are five of us, and I get rainbow K-Q-9-6. There was a small raise and I called it with all the others (often at the small tables it makes sense to call in preflop even with such unimpressive cards). On the flop there appeared Q-Q-6 with two of diamonds. I don’t have flush draw but it doesn’t matter because Read more… »

Omaha Holdem Vulnerability and Weak Combinations. The 1st part

As I’ve already mentioned, online I often find myself at low-limit Omaha tables only because I usually play in small poker rooms, less choked up than major sites. Besides that I can play there with absolutely different players from careful amateurs, which seldom take part in tournaments, to complete losers and beginners, which are going to give me all their money. It’s a constant source of income, maybe not so big as you’ve imagined but of low risk for limited budget. This is the right game for most players who can’t fight variance at higher limits.

This week I remembered situations really advantageous for a player involved in them and really costly for those who make a mistake. Perhaps I’ll share with you some of my observations and gibe you some secret pieces of advice for Omaha high. Read more… »

The Strategy of Playing Omaha Hi Tight and Bankroll. The 2nd Part

The beginning of the article see here.

So from this all the only strong hand in holdem is A-K. Many tight players will fold any other hand.

Holdem and Omaha are completely different games. A-K is a strong hand in holdem but A-K-8-4, A-K-10-3, A-K-7-5 and similar hands in which ace is not suited with any other card are usually not played in Omaha.

Do you still not get it? A-K in holdem in 50% of cases will improve on the flop and give you top pair with top kicker. In holdem such hand is enough to win. In Omaha a pair of aces or kings is usually hopeless.

In Omaha one tries to get straight, flush or full house. Such combinations win in most cases and sometimes one wins over the other. Even straight is quite vulnerable if there are three suited cards or a pair on the board. A pair often gives somebody full house. At the same time A-A-K-Q where both aces are suited with other cards (e.g. AKAQ) is a strong hand because all six combinations from two cards may create nuts. These are not just high cards but they are also suited. J1098 is also very strong hand because it has good chances of getting straight and flush. Read more… »

The Strategy of Playing Omaha Hold’em Tight and Bankroll. The 1st part

Play bankroll

You’ve already tried playing limit Omaha at low buy-ins and got accustomed to use only two pocket cards and three board cards? We hope that a successful session hasn’t turned your head and you haven’t begun to play at high buy-ins and of course you haven’t sat at a pot-limit table. Or you would have already made the next deposit by now. Such things often happen when somebody plays poker too self-confidently.

While you still learn how to play stay at low limits. If your bankroll is 200 or 300 dollars don’t sit down at a table with limits higher than 1$/2$. On a table with 1$/2$ limits, preflop starting bet will be 1$, flop bet – 1$, turn and river bets – 2$. Moreover sometimes you’ll have to call a raised bet or raise yourself. Having made bets on each street you’ll put in the pot minimum 6$. Before you win a few hands these 200 or 300 dollars may end pretty fast Read more… »

Some Tips on Playing Three Pairs in Omaha Hi Poker

The topic is quite rare but causing a lot of arguments among Omaha players as for how to play three pairs on the flop. One can beat one’s brain out thinking about the opportunities of getting three pairs in a game of five cards. But the situation can be such as this: you start with A-Q-J-8 and on the flop there come Q-J-8. Here are your three pairs.

Before taking any decision one should consider several factors:

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Aces Strategy in Omaha Hi

Whenever a player wins a big pot his opponent must have had a pair of aces at the dealing. Nevertheless you should logically estimate your chances to win with aces in your hands. If you have A-A-K-9 and on the board there are K-Q-8-7-5, the situation seems to have no danger and you assume having good chances to succeed. But in the real life in most cases you’ll lose because your opponent may have at least two pairs.

It looks like you should keep cool as for two aces but sometimes aggressive game with them is quite reasonable:

1. When there is a small pair on the board.

If the flop is 3-3-9 then a pair of aces has advantages in the game even on the river.

2. You have three aces.

Of course you should play them aggressively.

3. When your pair of aces suits an incomplete combination.

For example you have Read more… »

Game Tactics in Pot-Limit Omaha Holdem Poker

Pot-limit Omaha has a reputation of a game with huge difference between winning and losing. Moreover this kind of poker is played at high sums. Luckily there are a lot of poker rooms all over the internet where one can play pot-limit Omaha at smaller sums. At this tables income variations are more tolerable what is quite interesting considering the fact that most players do not fully understand the very idea of the game. Information for first-timers in low limits is as follows.

In pot-limit Omaha two factors are of greatest importance:

1. The necessity of getting nuts
2. Position at the table

In most cases to win in Omaha one has to get nuts while in Texas holdem less valuable combination would be enough. A lot of bad players will call for example with straight at a board where flush or full house is possible. Try not to follow them because it can cost you a lot! To collect nuts you should play from the very beginning only the combinations which can give you nuts at the end. For example Read more… »