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Introduction

With playing limit Omaha on the low limits you can easily make as much money, or even more, as with playing limit Texas Hold'em. The basic strategy is the same: Just as when playing Texas Hold'em, it's all a matter of waiting until the right hand comes along. Then there are also differences. Omaha has advantages: One advantage of playing limit Omaha is that in general the swings between the winning and loosing sessions is lower (variation of income between winning and loosing is lower). Furthermore, as known, at Texas Hold'em it is sometimes very difficult to get an idea about whether or not you have the best hand. At Omaha however this is a lesser problem. This is because at Omaha every player has four cards in his/her hands, which means that in general you need a way higher combination to win. Most of the times this means you need the best hand possible with the cards from the table (= the nuts). In other words, you know when you have the best hand or not, and because of this you can avoid big losses. Furthermore, given that many bad players will call you anyway with less good hands (for example two pair) you will easily make money in the long term.

In general players play too many hands and too passive at the low limit Omaha tables (= playing loose passive). More than six players in a pot is not unusual. The best hands to play are therefore hands in which you have a chance on either a high straight or a high flush.

Limit Omaha is almost always played longhand.

Before the flop

Unlike Texas Hold'em, Omaha does not have top hands, like AA or KK, in which you're almost certain that you're gonna win. This is because at Omaha every player gets four cards, which is increasing the chance that you'll be beaten (by the cards that appear at the table) regardless of how good your hand seemed at the beginning of the round. This however does not mean that there's no distinction between good and bad hands. It's just that you should just only play hands in which you have chance on getting the nuts (top straight, top flush, or top full house). A super flop is a flop in which you have a reasonable hand (two pair, three of a kind) and a chance on a straight, flush or full house. This will not happen often, so just remember that every flop in which you have a chance on getting the nuts is worth playing. Please do pay very good attention to the cards at the table! For example, in case there are many players in the pot and there's a pair and two suited cards at the table, it will not make any sense to go for a straight draw. The chance that at that stage someone else already has a full house or a flush is way too large!

When you have a hand with a good draw, for example (9d) (so all suited) it is better to not raise. This because you want to have as many players as possible in the pot, so you don't want to scare them out of the pot by raising. You will not win often, however when you win you'll get a big pot.

When you have a hand with high cards, for example , it is better to raise. You should also raise when the flop gives you many possibilities to get the nuts. Raise in order to build a big pot.

AAxx or KKxx are also worth playing. It is however better to play these hands against fewer opponents, so in this case it is better to raise (to scare other players out of the pot). You will then need to get a three of a kind or a full house in order to continue playing. Remember that at Omaha in general an overpair is worthless because the chance to be beaten when you have that is too large.



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