Omaha High Tips with Men the "Master"
Follow these Tips from Men "The Master" Nguyen.
In this game you should have a decent starting hand if you decide to play before the flop. High "pocket pairs" (two of a kind) are good because they can develop into a "full house" (a hand of three of a kind and two of a kind). Another good starting hand is "connectors". This is a hand where the numbers are all connected (8, 9, 10, J), because there are a lot of possibilities of it developing into a "straight" (five cards in a row, 8, 9, 10, J, Q).
After the flop, make sure to take into account the cards on the board as well as the cards in your hand. Remember, you must use only two cards out of the four in your hand and three from the board.
In playing Omaha, you can begin with a great starting hand, and see it not work out. While in Hold'em there is the opportunity to "bluff" at the pot (betting an amount to scare off your opponents), bluffing is pretty rare in Omaha because someone usually has the best hand.
It must be stressed that to win in Omaha, you really need "the nuts". The nuts means you have the best possible hand, and it cannot be beaten. When you have the best hand you need to protect it by betting the pot. Frequently calling with out the nuts will leave you without chips.
Another big difference between Hold'em and Omaha is the quality of starting hands. Any pocket pair, whether low or high, is a good start in Hold'em, but in Omaha, lower pocket pairs can be busted quickly. A hand like 3-3-9-9 should be quickly folded. Additionally, you should fold a suited hand, other than ace high suited. This is because your "flush" (5 cards of the same suit) can easily be busted by the nuts, an ace high flush.
Basic Strategies from Men the Master
-Play suited aces (an ace and any other card in the same suit). Watch out for suited kings, because they get killed with suited aces.
-Four card connectors are good to play for straights (9, 10, J, Q) and it doesn't matter if they're suited or not.
-Three card connectors plus a pair (7, 8, 9, 9) are good to play.
-Play two pair if they are high.
-A, A, Q, K double suited (for example: ace and queen of hearts and ace and king of spades) is one of the best starting hands.
-Stay away from bluffing unless you know whether each player is weak or strong. Instead, base your strategy against the player.
-If you flop against someone, that player will call you anyway if they are aggressive, and aggressive players are hard to bluff. When playing against a loose player, you know he will call you, so it is hard for you to bluff.
-Play more hands to get in and see the flop. Hands can develop.
-Pot limit protects the hands(you bet the pot to protect your hand)
-Omaha has a lot more action than either Omaha Hi/Lo or Hold'em. You throw away more hands in Hold'em than Omaha.
-Remember that Omaha High is played with a different strategy than Omaha Hi/Lo, in which you play fewer hands due to the number of low vs. high cards in the deck.
-And finally, have patience!
Playing Omaha takes discipline. People who play every hand will find themselves out of the game quickly, so if you you want to play all your favorite casino online games including Blackjack, Roulette, Slot Machines, Video Poker at giochi-casino-on-line, be conservative in your betting strategy. And if you wait for your key hand then you can beat the odds. Have patience, follow the rules, and you will end up "in the money"