Omaha - A Game of Nuts
Here is a quick tip
for you if you are a Hold-em player and want to consider
playing Omaha, and especially Omaha High-Lo. Simply
put Holdem is a game that has many different important
aspects to it; no one thing is key. Hand selection
is important, so is your aggression and your player
reading ability. If you don't have a great hand in
Hold-em you can often win a pot through well timed
aggression. You might also be able to call a player
down with a mediocre hand and often win the pot.
In Omaha, the single
thing that is most important to winning is hand selection.
Omaha is a game of the nuts. If you don't start out
with a really good hand, you are unlikely to hit a
nut hand. And if you are playing large pots with anything
that is not a nut hand you are most likely going to
lose. Although you can often win small pots without
much action with hands such as two pair or the second
or third low, if there is betting and raising in front
of you these hands will cost you money. Two pair is
one of the largest trap hands in Omaha. If there is
a possible flush on the board, and you are getting
bet at, your two pair is no good. If there is a possible
straight on the board, ditto. Often times even an
innocuous looking board will yield trips.
So how then do you
make money in Omaha? The answer is so simple it might
surprise you. Simply wait till you have good hands
and play them strongly. Make everyone else who is
trying to win with their second best hands pay for
their optimism. Did you flop a nut low draw with a
nut flush draw? You should bet it. Flop the high straight?
Bet it. Except for some heads up cases, slow playing
does not pay off. You should bet in order to build
the pot, paving the way for larger bets on later streets.
And you should also bet in order to trim the field
so there are less dangerous cards out there.
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