Magoos omaha tips

ok, before i get hammered for anything that i write, please remember that i am new to omaha, still learning, and learning a lot, but these are some tips for people that are just starting out, just a few things i have picked up that i think could come in handy.....also remember that i play mainly omaha hi, i am just starting to learn hi/lo, so tips are more for hi, if i actually get the hang of hi lo i will add some specific tips for that lol

biggest thing to remember when u are coming from holdem to omaha is that you HAVE to use 2 of your cards and 3 of the community cards, no exception ever ever, nothing worse than being dealt quads and realise all u have is a pair, unless the board pairs all u have is 1 pair, and 1 pair is not going to get you far in omaha.

card selection..........so important, u are dealt 4 cards, and the one thing u want is for those 4 cards to all work together to give u as many combinations as possible, double suited card give u 2 chances of flushes, double connectors give u so many straught possibilities, suited aces give u the nut flush possibilities, so double suited double connectors give u so many draws to hit.....look hard at your cards, if all 4 cards do not work well together then throw it away.

you have to remember that omaha is a drawing game, its no use complaining cause your made hand on the flop was outdrawn on the river, it is the nature of the beast, you may have the nuts on the flop, but u have to be aware that the nuts can change on the turn, and then change again on the river........the stronger a draw is in omaha the greater the hand. if u make your hand on the flop, just look at the possibilities of being able to draw to a better hand, or whether ur hand is as good as it gets. you have to remember that on a 9 player table nearly all the cards from the deck have been dealt out, chances are someone is drawing to the absolute nuts.

you want to see as many cheap flops as u can, u have to remember that sometimes the 2 cards that looked not so good in ur hand are the ones that make it, the amount of times i have seen people overplay their AA is incredible, but they don't win with their AA they win with the other cards.

DO NOT overplay AA, remember that in omaha sets, straights, flushes and full houses are common, in holdem u see 2 pair and think w00t w00t pay day, 2 pair in omaha is an extremely marginal hand, most people are playing 2 pair in the hope that they will hit their full house. remember to watch the board carefully, and work out the nuts as the board allows, remembering that can change every card that hits the board.

be patient, it is a lot easier to make a comeback in omaha, cause when u finally do hit the nuts u get paid for it, don't get too disheartened when you're lovely starting hands miss every board, u will hit....eventually lol....so just keep hanging in there till u do.

ok i think i will stop carrying on here.............

good luck on and off the tables everyone