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10-10-2007, 07:19 PM Post subject: New Poker Article! Hyper's Beginner Omaha Hi/Lo Guide

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FTR's very own |~|ypermegachi has written a beginner's guide on how to play Omaha Hi/Lo. Although it is focused on Limit rather than Pot-Limit, the strategy is great for anyone trying to learn this game. I highly recommend checking this out if you are interested in transitioning from Hold'em to Omaha.

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10-11-2007, 01:05 PM

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Nice guide

I will add my comments by section

Where profit comes from: A lot of profit comes from getting 3/4 of a pot from someone who has the nuts one way but not the other.
This means that sometimes you need to be able to get away from a hand when you have a lock on one side but nothing on the other

Hand Selection:
I agree that hand selection is very important, however it is well worth to note that a lot of the omaha h/l hand run close in value preflop. Omaha h/l is a game in which the flop defines your hand to a greater degree then holdem for example

I also do not agree with the statement that A2xx is always playable regardless of the xx, it is true if you can see the flop for cheap, but not if there is a raise and reraise infront for example.
AAxx is also a strong hand usually, especially if you can limit the field to one opponent.

The statement that low will hit 99% of the time is totally incorrect and misleading for beginners. I dont remember the exact figures, but it is less then 70% of the board, somewhere in the low 60% if I remember correctly, and a lot of time by the flop you have a low draw and need to get out of the hand.

Regarding the strong high hand recomendation, you are way off here, single suited hands with a pair (AJ99 for example) is not a good high hand, 2 pair like TT88 is also not a good hand.
High hands that are playable for high only in multiway pots need to be strong and coordinated, you want all 4 cards to be T or higher, with at least one high pair Q or higher or an A high flush draw.
AKJJ with a suited A is good for example, TJQK double suited is good.
One more thing about starting hand is that having 3 or 4 of the same suite degrades your hand drastically

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Postflop:

Not very important but
[quate] hand like 789T, on a 8JQ board fits that category. You’re hoping for a blank on 4th and on 5th. Notice there is no way for this hand to be the nuts on the river unless a low hand is possible (and it won’t have a low, so even then it will only be splitting)[/quate]
is incorrect since running hands give you the nut quads. Regardless 789T should be discarded preflop

Postflop – Nothing:
If you got to heads up preflop and you were agressive and the board seems like it would probably miss your opponent (for example board of 77Qo on the flop) you may fire a c-bet, but I agree in low level it is better to play ABC poker

Postflop – Something:

I am not sure I agree with you logic here of keeping many people in the pot, I agree there are cases for it, but I usually prefer to try to win the entire pot by forcing people out then splitting the pot on a 3-4 way pot

Identifying who else has a good hand:
A key to try to understand it is to remember the preflop actions

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10-11-2007, 06:29 PM

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thanks for your comments TLR. something you need to keep in mind about my article is that is is really intended for low stakes. once you get to 1/2 and 2/4, i don't find the game to be really profitable at all. the shorthanded games become preflop raising fests and it's just uber-high variance. and the full ring games are filled with nut peddlers where a 3-way flop is common.

and to address you points about my hand selection process, perhaps i should of made it more clear in the article. you need a GOOD high combination, not just ANY combination. TT88 is not a good hand because neither are high pairs. AJ99 is not a good hand because 99 is a low pair, which leaves you only with 1 good high hand, making it unplayable.

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