Hopefully I have illustrated in previous articles that pot-limit Omaha (PLO) is much more of a flop-matching game than no-l imit hold ’em. As such, pocket Aces are not as powerful. However, it’s sti l l desirable to go into battle with the best troops available, and we know that A-A-10-J and A-A-9-10 double-suited will win more showdowns than any other combination.

A-A-K-K double-suited is, of course, a cracking starting hand, but notice that the straight-making combinations will win more pots than the pair of Kings. To follow this logic, we find that 9-9-10-10 double-suited or 7-8-9-10 double-suited will also win an awful lot of showdowns.

More surprisingly, I find that gap hands, such as 5-7-9-J double-suited, also have a high success rate especially when playing short-handed or seeing flops heads-up.