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I have just noticed today that poker stars has $1 Spin & Go Omaha tournaments. I played five using my first deposit tickets and won three of them.

My question is, with being pot limited, how can you play against only two opponents successfully?
 
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game 3 opp is a good knowledge of the HU games, specr the hands of a small number of players and a good understanding of the game bets ))))
 
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I have just noticed today that Poker Stars has $1 Spin & Go Omaha tournaments. I played five using my first deposit tickets and won three of them.

My question is, with being pot limited, how can you play against only two opponents successfully?

Do you play Omaha a lot? Is that your game?
 
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Do you play Omaha a lot? Is that your game?
I'm better at Omaha than Hold'em, but am new at Heads Up Omaha. I tend to find most hands only end with the minimum pot, with 5 or 6 players I don't have a problem
 
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These are fun if you are an Omaha player.
If you are not familiair with plo hypers I suggest do not dive much in it.
If you can out run your opponent you can win. Omaha is a flop biased game and in general has much more variance than Holdem. Not often you will find a spot with a dominating hand usually its 60/40. 70% equity is huge and enought to stick it in with all day anyday.
I like playing small ball preflop raise almost every hand call most raises try to see as many flop as possible with empasis on position. The real rag Omaha hands I fold preflop like 3 of a kind or a small pair and two unsuited non straight cards. Preflop play agressive with good big pairs - like big pairs double suited, big pairs with other broadway cards and big pairs with Ace.

Flush draws and combo flush draws are huge play them agressive on flop, play the wrap draws and pair/straight combo draws agressive on flop. Do not slow play top 2 and sets.

Look out for when limp/passive players raise huge preflop they tend to overplay AA and KK in their hands i.e. raise big with bad AA & KK . If you have position you can peel some flops with hands that can make good draw hands and 2 pair hands or pair and draw combo. Even if you oop you can still flat once the flop is half descent you can open jam flop give them the decision this applies pressure on opponents Avoid the mid pair hands to call preflop here 77-JJ.
 
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These are fun if you are an Omaha player.
If you are not familiair with plo hypers I suggest do not dive much in it.
If you can out run your opponent you can win. Omaha is a flop biased game and in general has much more variance than Holdem. Not often you will find a spot with a dominating hand usually its 60/40. 70% equity is huge and enought to stick it in with all day anyday.
I like playing small ball preflop raise almost every hand call most raises try to see as many flop as possible with empasis on position. The real rag Omaha hands I fold preflop like 3 of a kind or a small pair and two unsuited non straight cards. Preflop play agressive with good big pairs - like big pairs double suited, big pairs with other broadway cards and big pairs with Ace.

Flush draws and combo flush draws are huge play them agressive on flop, play the wrap draws and pair/straight combo draws agressive on flop. Do not slow play top 2 and sets.

Look out for when limp/passive players raise huge preflop they tend to overplay AA and KK in their hands i.e. raise big with bad AA & KK . If you have position you can peel some flops with hands that can make good draw hands and 2 pair hands or pair and draw combo. Even if you oop you can still flat once the flop is half descent you can open jam flop give them the decision this applies pressure on opponents Avoid the mid pair hands to call preflop here 77-JJ.

Yikes!

Lots of bad advise here..
 
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