Better at Omaha than Hold 'em

#1 11th November 2010, 4:12 PM

So since I started playing poker 7 years ago, I have always been partial to hold 'em. I'm better at hold 'em live than online, but have always been better at Omaha. I seem to always come out ahead after a session of Omaha, but seem to always do worse with Hold 'em. What does this say about my play. I know Omaha is all about knowing when you have the best hand and less about bluffing, and I have a keen sense of when I have the best hand. Maybe I just bluff too much with Hold 'em, because I rarely bluff in Omaha. Just want to know how my Omaha game can help my Hold 'em game; what can I take from my solid Omaha game to my weak Hold 'em game?

#2 11th November 2010, 5:07 PM

i dont know what you can take from your omaha game to holdem,but if omaha is your strong game then maybe you should stick more to omaha.we all have to try to find what game or what variation suits us best.maybe with holdem its the type of game you enter might not suit the style of play.there is a big difference between ring games and MTT and even to SNG(and what type of SNG)but basically if omaha suits you better in my opinion stick with it.

#3 11th November 2010, 5:14 PM

yeah, i see what you're saying, but there has to be a link between omaha play and hold 'em play. I'm just trying to make my hold 'em play better b/c that's what everyone plays, pretty much.

#4 11th November 2010, 5:19 PM

What I take from your post is that your post flop play is much better than your preflop play and you hand selection is better in PLO than NLHE. The good news is that good post flop play should really help you in NLHE. I'm going to assume that you need to tighten up your hand selction in NLHE and your results should improve in that game.

#5 11th November 2010, 5:40 PM

Not saying you play either game badly, but in general, you don't have to be very good at omaha to be better than the majority of player as so many player play awfully. If you need to be 7/10 to be a profitable hold'em player, then you only need to be 5/10 for omaha. Of course it does depend on what stakes you play.

#6 11th November 2010, 6:27 PM

I actually find that PLO hurt my hold'em postflop play. In PLO if you really miss a flop you can't really continue, but you miss flops all the time in hold'em. The level of play in PLO is definitely pretty poor at the micros, but you're often getting your money in on very slim edges so the variance can be huge. Like I've gotten my last several stacks in on coin tosses.

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