Tips for Omaha

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What advise novice player in Omaha?
 
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You have to be very good iin reading the table.

At omaha, so many draws or sometimes completed hands are already made. So you have to be careful.
 
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You need to play very loose ,many hands,dont run very much after flush and str8 draws
 
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The best advice for PLO is play position, read the table well and make sure you have the best hand when you bet, don't let something you didnt see beat you. There are lots of threads/ posts on here about PLO and PLO8 read some, it is a harder game to master than NLHE !! Gl :D:D:D
 
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dont go crazy with AA preflop
on the flop dont go crazy with bottom set.

If you get really good at PLO I reckon its alot easier to win money although the variance is alot higher
 
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It is one of the games that I like with the omaha hi / lo. and my advice is to read in some forum or poker school to learn everything about this game, in Omaha convinations need good cards to enter, high straight, flush, high pairs, those are the best cards to enter the game, omaha has much variance.
 
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These tips can help: 1)Slow and steady is the wrong way to go.Delayed tactics in order to allow more money to be included in the pot during omaha poker is like a person signing his or her own death sentence. Unlike Texas Hold'em Poker, each of the players on the table that have additional two cards can be used to create a higher combination. If you delay, using your hand immediately through checking or simply matching the bet of the previous player, you are in fact creating a situation where your opponents would be able to create the combination that they are aspiring for. In Omaha poker, the more aggressive you are in the manner you play, the higher the chances for you to win the hand. This is because, compared to the Texas Hold'em version, Omaha Poker is a game suitable for aggressive players who can turn their cards as soon as possible.
2)bluff in your bets.One of the most effective strategies in playing Omaha poker is to use betting to bluff the opponent. This would work better by bluffing your way in the game by raising your bets. This is because all players have more cards in their hand that they may use to combine with the community cards. As a result, the other players might actually call the raise, or would even decide to raise the stakes.
3)Selective seating won't have an effect on your game. In Texas Hold'em, where you are seated would often determines as to whether you win or lose in the game. But this does not happen in Omaha. No matter where you are, you can get yourself going to win. So wherever you are seated, you have good chances of winning the pot.
4)Don't be blinded with the aces.In poker, the most beloved card is always the ace card. When players obtain at least one ace in their hand, they begin to feel invincible and more confident. As a result, they tend to play rather carelessly, almost to the point of being complacent. Remember, each of the players holds four cards, so the odds that either someone may have one or both of the remaining aces (or all three if you're that unlucky!)
5)Don't let him know what's in your hand.Study your cards well when you receive them. You should be able to mentally create the combinations without having to constantly glance on your cards. Constantly glancing on your cards would not only signal to your opponents that you are unsure of your bets. There is a possibility that the one beside you can have a very quick glancing eye to study your cards as well.
 
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What advise novice player in Omaha?

1) Never forget: this is a four card game. It isn't Hold 'Em with a couple of extra cards. If you have something like: ( A, A, nothing, nothing ) you have a very marginal hand that should be played from the button (or as a freebie in the big blind) and then only if you can get in for the price of one BB.

Two separate Hold 'Em hands don't cut it either ( A, A, 7, 6 - off ) may look attractive, but it's not. You need all four cards co-ordinated to make an Omaha hand ( 7, 6, 5, 4 ) is a better hand than ( A, A, 7, 6 ) for this reason. How does an A, 7 or an A, 6 work together? They don't unless you're double suited for two potential nut flushes.

The exception would be very short handed games. If it's just you and two or three other guys, you can ram a pair of aces through just those two or three remaining players a lot easier than get them by a full table.

2) equity edges run a lot closer at Omaha. In Hold 'Em, if you have pocket aces, you have a monster of a hand. The ideal hand in Omaha would be something like ( A, A, K, K - double suited ). That's a helluva starting hand, but not the through ticket pocket rockets are in Hold 'Em. You'd certainly open with a raise, definitely 3-bet it, or even 4-bet, but you're not necessarily looking to get it all in, especially when stacks are deep. Your ability to run players off pre is a good deal more limited in Omaha. You can start with an ideal hand, or near ideal, and still miss the flop.

3) Don't misread the board. If you have: ( A, 2, 3, 4 ) and the board comes: ( 2, 2, J, J ) you don't have a Full. You have ( 2, 2, 2, A, J ) any jack beats you.

4) Frustration Factor: In this game, it runs high. Yes, you can have ( AcKc AdKd ) and see a flop like: ( 9h 8h 5s ) giving you no flush draws, no straight draws, nothing. Doesn't matter that you 3-bet pre. If you get action on that flop, SUX to be you. You're beat and you just have to let it go. If you're not beat on the flop, you likely will be by the river. Lone over pairs seldom win in this game, unless it's very short handed. Also, don't fall for the temptation to go all fishy just because you saw several big pots exchange hands when the players were holding garbage. In Omaha, just like every other form of Poker, otters win and fish get eaten. Stay an otter.

5) Beware the two pair: Flopping bottom two in Hold 'Em is a pretty good result. At Omaha, it's deadly. Top two, or even bottom and middle sets, are nothing to get excited about. If you get a hand like that, you want to take it down now. With four cards, straight draws are almost always out.

6) Never underestimate the value of redraws and backdoor draws, even if they're sub-nut draws. Having ( 9, 8, x, y ) and flopping: ( T, 7, 6 ) gives you the nuts. However, it's so much better if your side cards are Broadways, rather than small cards. Broadway cards give you a back door to a higher straight. It would also be better if your side cards were suited, and matched a suit on board, giving you a back door to a flush, even if it's not the nuts. If the Broadways come on the turn and river, back dooring a flush just might win it for you if someone completed a higher gut straight.

In Omaha, that's an ideal flop: nuts now with a redraw to higher nutted hands. These really are your balls out through tickets. Do whatever it takes to get in as much in on the flop as you can. If you flop nuts, but don't have any redraws, play it more cautiously.
 
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Try to play hands with value post flop. I mean, hands with 2-3 gaps max (5-6-8-9).
Good reading of the board is important to improve your game and be agressive when you have a powerful hand and try to get value of those hands.
 
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like others have touched on, connectivity preflop is the key. small gaps and high cards also work really well, you want hands that are capable of flopping or hitting nutted hands, the more possibilities you have the better you are going to be, the higher your cards are the more likely your flush draws or straight draws when you hit them will be the best hand.

Try to avoid getting into big pots when you are drawing to low end of straights. Also try to avoid getting into big pots with really low flush draws, unlike holdem, villians will have the goods way more often than not.
 
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