Reading the Board: Advanced Low Board situations
For Basic Low Board situations, you can often just pick the two lowest cards in your hand and the 3 lowest on the board and that’s your low. Sometimes you get counterfeited, and you have to pick the 2 lowest non-board pairing cards in your hand. But things start to get a little more confusing when there […]
Reading the Board: Basic Low Board situations
Your best low is determined as the two lowest cards in your hand that do not pair the board. In most cases, it’s easiest to first determine what the nut low is, and then determine how far way your hand is from that. Here are some examples to practice determining what your best low hand is. For […]
Reading the Board: Principles for Reading Low Boards
Reading low boards in Omaha Poker can be a little tricky, too. There are 4 basic principles to get you started: Question 1: You have A2TK, the board is 78JQK. What is your low?Answer 1: You don’t have a low. There are not 5 cards which are all lower than an 8. Question 2: You have A2TK, the board is 788QK. What […]
How to Learn Omaha 8/b Poker
My advice to someone getting started would be, in order: 1.Read thru this website. 2. Check out the other free online resources, particularly these:
Comparing Omaha 8/b to Texas Hold’em
1.Omaha gives you 4 cards while Hold’em gives you 2 cards. That key fundamental fact, drives quite a few other very important but subtle implications. 2. With 4 cards, you can make 6 different 2-card hands (ie. A234 makes A2, A3, A4, 23, 24, 34). With 2 cards, you can make just one 2 card […]
Starting Hands in Omaha 8/b Poker: Adding Advanced Play
Roughly in order, here are the most valuable starting hands. Note that W stands for wheel card (i.e. 2-5), and H=high card (i.e. T-K) If you are relatively new to Omaha 8 Poker, then stick to these starting hands: Any AA2 or AA3 1. AA with a 2 or a 3 are the super-premium hands […]
Starting Hand in Omaha 8/b Poker
Roughly in order, here are the most valuable starting hands. Note that W stands for wheel card (i.e. 2-5), and H=high card (i.e. T-K) If you are relatively new to Omaha 8, then stick to these starting hands. Any AA2 or AA3 1. AA with a 2 or a 3 are the super-premium hands in […]
Reading the Board: A Basic Primer for Omaha Games
Reading the board in Omaha Poker can be a little tricky, because you must use two cards and only two cards from your hand. Holdem gives you the choice of using 0,1 or 2 cards from your hand, but in Omaha poker you must use precisely 2 of your 4 cards. To keep things simple, […]
Rules of Omaha 8/b Poker
Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Game Rules Omaha Hi/Lo (also known as Omaha Hi/lo) is a popular poker game in the world. Usually there are two types of Omaha Hi/Lo games played: Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (there is a specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting) Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (A player […]
Top 8 Reasons to Play Omaha 8 Poker or Better
1.Win rates are higher than in texas hold’em. Several authors put the win rate for “typical” good holdem players at 1.5 – 2.0 big blinds/hour. Those same sources put the winrate for omaha 8 poker at 2.0 – 3.0 big blinds/ hour. 2. There is much less variance than in most other poker games. To […]