N.D.
Visionary
Silver Level
Okay as bad as I am at math I noticed something important about omaha, and to keep from further hijacking a perfectly good brag, I'm bringing it here.
Rule of 4 and 2 only works heads up. Heads up ya get a great estimation of your current percentage to win. But at a full table you have to multiply by 2 and 1. It becomes the rule of 2 and 1. After messing around with the calculator and putting random cards in the unknown holes, I gotta say that it works pretty well.
Basically I knew my outs were inflated and had to really think hard(makes my hair hurt) to figure out why and how to work around it. Turning the rule of 4 and 2 into the rule of 2 and 1 is the best workaround I can come up with. Oh and how they were inflated is pretty simple. Ya know you're in "trouble" when your number of outs, outnumbers the cards left in the deck. It's a good sort of trouble to be in but still, trouble. 1/2 the cards pretty much equals 1/2 the outs.
You can adjust the math further with the fluctuation of table size, but then you end up working with decimals which can really slow you down. Per usual, your chances of winning once heads up(full table or not)improve, but you still have to account for the dealt cards. What I mean is, you can use the rule of 4 and 2 once heads up at a full table, and see where you probably are against that particular opponent, but cutting the rule in half really helps to keep your head on straight. A bad beat's not so bad once you realize you were a lot closer to 25% to win. You still had the better cards but your chances just weren't that great.
I've made some assumptions. I assumed that if you read all that, you even know what a good starting hand looks like. Bad assumption. The best way to figure out what starting hands are best is to use the Hutchison point system for omaha. There are tons of articles which list the best hands, but the point system shows you how the hands are best, and once you understand how and why, you just play better. I also assumed that you're good at following patterns and putting people on hands. I can't help with that. But it does help a lot.
Here's where I'm hoping some people who are really good at math will step in and tell me where I'm wrong so far.
Rule of 4 and 2 only works heads up. Heads up ya get a great estimation of your current percentage to win. But at a full table you have to multiply by 2 and 1. It becomes the rule of 2 and 1. After messing around with the calculator and putting random cards in the unknown holes, I gotta say that it works pretty well.
Basically I knew my outs were inflated and had to really think hard(makes my hair hurt) to figure out why and how to work around it. Turning the rule of 4 and 2 into the rule of 2 and 1 is the best workaround I can come up with. Oh and how they were inflated is pretty simple. Ya know you're in "trouble" when your number of outs, outnumbers the cards left in the deck. It's a good sort of trouble to be in but still, trouble. 1/2 the cards pretty much equals 1/2 the outs.
You can adjust the math further with the fluctuation of table size, but then you end up working with decimals which can really slow you down. Per usual, your chances of winning once heads up(full table or not)improve, but you still have to account for the dealt cards. What I mean is, you can use the rule of 4 and 2 once heads up at a full table, and see where you probably are against that particular opponent, but cutting the rule in half really helps to keep your head on straight. A bad beat's not so bad once you realize you were a lot closer to 25% to win. You still had the better cards but your chances just weren't that great.
I've made some assumptions. I assumed that if you read all that, you even know what a good starting hand looks like. Bad assumption. The best way to figure out what starting hands are best is to use the Hutchison point system for omaha. There are tons of articles which list the best hands, but the point system shows you how the hands are best, and once you understand how and why, you just play better. I also assumed that you're good at following patterns and putting people on hands. I can't help with that. But it does help a lot.
Here's where I'm hoping some people who are really good at math will step in and tell me where I'm wrong so far.