| This is a discussion on Omaha Hi question within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Hi guys. I have been playing Omaha for a while now. I'm still fairly new to it and keep the stakes low, but I just ... |
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| Omaha Hi question Hi guys. I have been playing Omaha for a while now. I'm still fairly new to it and keep the stakes low, but I just had a quick question about hand strength. I know double suited wraps are a pretty strong starting hand, lets say 7c 8s 9c 10s for example... BUT...how strong is the same hand when single-gapped? I mean 7c 8s 9c Js. I have had some success playing these hands quite aggressively, but was severely berated by a player on a $2 capped table today for calling his max pot with what I thought was a very strong draw. I had 8 9 10 Q, flopped the 10 and J (leaving me any 7,8,9,Q or K for a straight) so called his max bet. He had 3 of a kind and never improved, while my straight filled up. Am I overplaying these types of hands? Obv I would have folded if I was only on a pair/2 pair, or an open ended straight draw, but I felt I had a decent shot of drawing my hand. Additionally, the pot was capped at $2. Hardly mortgage money! Thanks. |
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Having a gap in the bottom/middle is more advantageous than having a gap in the top. But you're playing any hands that have 4 cards that work that well together. The main issue with the hand you posted is that you don't have the nut wrap. Only a 7 or 8 gives you the nuts. Thus if you were to stack off against a hand like AKQ, your equity wouldn't be all that large, since 3 cards that make you a straight make him a bigger straight. But in my limited Omaha experience, having dominated straight draws doesn't happen that much. Someone with more Omaha experience might be able to make a better comment on this, but generally with Omaha starting hands, 4 cards that work together are certainly playable. |
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Very often the "flopped nuts" (nuts at that time), will not hold up, i.e. your villains 3k, or a straight on a two flush board, etc. Anybody who then whines about you "sucking out", doesn't really understand Omaha. (Probably NLHE players) |
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| i agree with your play for those hands discretion is certainly warranted pre-flop but when you hit the flop that well it is hard to throw it away on a pot limit game... Many players will give you crap for playing those hands but if you pay attention they play them too!!!! After everyhand when someone calls your river bet and their hand is mucked take a look at that one using the previous hand button... You will get a lot more info on other players and notice that they also play questionable hands more often than they would like to admit to. |
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Now getting back to your question.... Quote:
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| re: Omaha Hi question poker Thanks guys. So, with the example I posted, I was right to call but still only a coin flip in most situations? Was his trips v's my strong straight draw roughly the equivalent of underpair vs AK in hold em? Or was I more of a favourite? Need to get some tracker software with a decent odds calculator, but I dont know if I play enough to warrent forking out for one really. |
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Qs Ts 9s 8s 0.530 3c Jd 4d Jh 0.470 vs. Qs Ts 9s 8s 0.395 Ac Kd Jd Jh 0.605 That's why having 4 cards that work together & draw to the nuts are so important. And if you don't have a ton of draws to the nuts, play the hand differently. www.twodimes.net |
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