Omaha Hi/Lo

For omaha hi/lo remember u can turn a Lo into a high but not a high into a Low. Dont get to attatched to your big pairs n things of that nature. Because the bottom line is you want to scoop the pot not chop it.

AA and KK are great for holdem, just ok in hi/lo even if you do hit the ace on the flop, you can easly beat by a straight, so I limp in. Usually play hand with 3 to a wheel ie. A23K. but love starting with AA2K or things like that. I've been mosly playing on fixed limit on stars and build a nice little bankroll. never ever play middle connectors, not much profit in those, and you will almost never scoop the pot.

Nice to see you have come to love 4 carded game .

Omaha is A game of the Nut's, hands like (Straights, Flushes and Full houses, etc...). Big pairs and Set's hold very little weight on an omaha table. So it is important to play hands with big drawing potential and have little chance of being redrawn on hands like AAQJ double suited are very strong also AAKK double suited. One of the most important things in any omaha PLO game though is position because of the nature of the game it is more important than any other form of poker. It's important to avoid the middle of the deck, hands like 9-8-7-6 as they have A high chance of being redrawn on.

In Omaha 8's or better (Hi/lo) you are looking to scoop the pot were ever possible this is were your edge comes from as most pots are split. A good strategy to Adopt in Hi/lo is something called free rolling. The idea is to play very strong low Holding cards so you can make the best possible low hand then take A shot at going for the high. This way if you miss your high you have your equity locked up with the low but can have a great chance of getting the high also. It's important to know how many outs you have and the chance you have of hitting your draws. Hands like A-A-2-3 double suited and A-k-2-3 double suited are great hands they have massive high and low potential.

This doesn't mean that hands like K-K-Q-J are no good, These can also be very powerful hands because if you hit them there is a good chance there will be no low on the board. So you can scoop the pot that way also, Remember to be very observant at the table and play your position and you should do fine.

I hope this helps in some way and GL on and off the felts, here is A link which could help you also:

http://www.railbirds.com/blog/196823/pot-limit-omaha-for-beginners.html

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