Flush
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Ashburn, VA
Posts: 266
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Originally Posted by fishstick
i don't know if it should be 5%, but you've hit a key point - many people come to omaha because they want to play more hands. hey, if any two cards can win (in holdem), then surely, any 4 cards can definitely win, right? NOT!!! but this mentally will reward the player that waits for and plays good hole cards.
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After hitting my live game big on Friday and Saturday, when I got in on Sunday one of the other players lamented "...and you! You fold most of your hands and when you DO play they always hold up!"
Hmmm...ya think?
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Originally Posted by fishstick
remember, the high portion of omaha is really a game of flushes. that is the most common winning high hand. and with the amount of chasing, if there are 3 to a suit out and someone betting into you, dump your straight.
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Better still, don't even draw to a straight if there's a 2 flush or possible low out there, unless you have some other way of taking the pot (A2, etc).
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Originally Posted by fishstick
your right about bluffing, no place for it in low limit omaha.
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Agreed. Just remember to make value bets and raises at any opportunity.
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Originally Posted by fishstick
in terms of drawing on the flop, i would only proceed with 4 to a Q high flush, the nut straight, a big set (although the odds of that set surviving to the river are not good) hoping for a boat.
you might try omaha hi/lo, and play selectively going for the scoops. you want to talk about chasing ---> omaha 8 limit!
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8 or 9 handed last night playing both omaha and texas, managed to have several pots over $200 in a 3/6 game. People LOVE to play it because they get to have cards in their hands, get to throw chips into the middle, and sometimes get their money back. I have to stifle my chuckles at the people who are happy having gotten quartered and managing to barely make their $$ back.
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