PLO Tournament Strategy Part II: The Math
2009-05-30
In Part I, we outlined three main factors for a re-steal: position, the opponent and your cards.
In Part II, we’ll look more closely at factor three, your cards, plus the math of the matter.
Generally speaking, when you try to re-steal you play the situation more than your cards. If you’ve picked your spot well, [...]
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PLO Tournament Strategy Part I: The Re-Steal
2009-05-30
One interesting aspect of Pot-Limit Omaha: if all of the money goes in pre-flop, rarely is one hand a large favorite (or underdog) against another (single) hand.
Typically, the vast majority of Omaha hands have pre-flop equity in the range of 40%-60%. This differs markedly from Hold’em, where it’s quite common to find situations where [...]
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Deceitful Hands in Omaha
2009-05-28
As most players with any knowledge of Omaha know, it’s a game of draws.
You often put a lot of your stack at risk without a made hand. But be careful when you choose which draws to chase.
When you’re new to the game of Omaha many hands tend to look good that in reality are [...]
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Making the Leap from Hold’em to Omaha
2009-05-28
When I started to play Hold’em online, sometime around 2002, the games were wild. Aspiring rounders were flooding the Internet to try this new craze and most of them had no clue what they were doing at all.
Well I have to admit that yours truly wasn’t exactly a shark either, but I was eager [...]
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Raising or Limping Pre-Flop in Pot-Limit Omaha
2009-05-28
One of the peculiarities of Pot-Limit Omaha is that, no matter what you hold, your opponent’s hand will almost always have a decent chance of beating your hand.
For example, being dealt an A-A-K-K double suited is 50,000-1 (against) and that hand is just a 3-2 favorite to win against 8-7-6-5 double suited. So the [...]
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Pot-Limit Omaha: The Trap Hands
2009-05-27
Trap hands are hands that seem very good but can easily make you a second-best hand. These are the types of hands that can cause you to lose your whole stack.
There are three types of trap hands in Pot-Limit Omaha:
The Small-Pair Hands
The Low-Wrap Hands
The Small-Flush Hands
The Small-Pair Hands
Hands with pairs below nines are dangerous [...]
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Playing Aces in Omaha High-Low
2009-05-27
Pocket aces in Omaha High-Low is one of the most overrated and overplayed hands in poker, especially amongst players who are more accustomed to playing Texas Hold’em.
The best possible starting hand in Omaha High-Low is A-A-2-3 double-suited, and it is a hand that you would play from any position regardless of how many players [...]
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Pot-Limit Omaha Tips: Key Advice
2009-05-27
When you first start out in Pot-Limit Omaha, a few simple tips can go a very long way toward keeping your bankroll in the black while you learn the game.
Stick to the ten basic pot limit omaha tips below and you’ll be well ahead of the masses.
Be very selective with your starting hands. Nothing [...]
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Omaha Hi-Lo: Basic Strategy
2009-05-27
The ultimate goal in Omaha Hi-Lo is to scoop the pot, which means winning both the high hand and the low hand.
Naturally, this should be the ultimate purpose of any Omaha Hi-Lo strategy tip. You don’t want to play in a manner where you frequently are quartered or have to split the pot.
This means [...]
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Omaha Hi-Lo: Basic Starting Hands
2009-05-27
The most important decisions in Omaha Hi-Lo are made preflop, so it’s crucial to know which hands to play and not to play.
Of course, the hands you play vary according to the information you have when making a decision.
Omaha Hi-Lo is a hand-driven game, meaning there is not much bluffing involved and usually the [...]
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