Poker Strategy: Omaha

Omaha myths

Shattering conventions

Many of the old rules can be ripped up in today’s aggressive short-handed games, says Dave

Dave Colclough takes a more detailed look at starting hands in pot-limit Omaha cash games, and cautions that playing by the book is likely to cost you cash

Hopefully over the last few months we have established that Omaha is a real poker game. By that I mean it is not just a game of patiently waiting to be dealt Aces or Kings and then getting your whole stack in. It’s much more of a post-flop game than no-limit hold’em, with a huge range of playable starting hands. What’s more, the flop has to be matched in some way, so all hands can instantly be ruined or turned to gold. To add to the complexity ever ything is likely to change on the turn and river. Doyle Brunson once said that no-limit hold’em was the Cadillac of poker.

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