7: Aces are easily overrated In Hold’em you can expect to be dealt aces once every 221 hands [odds of 220 to 1]. In Omaha you will be dealt aces more than one time in every 60. Omaha 8 aces can vary greatly in quality. At the top end, A-A-2-3 double suited gives you terrific… Read More »
5: The way to avoid being counterfeited is to hold re-draws The strongest hands are those which can make the nuts with re-draws. For example if you have A♦ 2♦ 3♥ on a board of 4♦ 7♦ 8♠ , then you have a made low, redraws to the low if you are counterfeited, and a… Read More »
3: Try to avoid being quartered, or worse, taking a sixth of a pot Omaha 8 players dream of scooping whole pots. The converse of scooping is being quartered or worse taking a sixth of the pot. Typically this happens when you hold A-2 for a nut low but with a weak high hand. Being… Read More »
Play to scoop The big money at Omaha 8 Limit is made by winning both the high and the low part of the hand (‘scooping’). Typical ways to do this include making a nut low (A-2) with the nut flush, by making a wheel, or a wheel with a 6 high straight. A good starting… Read More »
When in a multi-player pot, play for the nuts Omaha and Omaha Hi-low are very different games to Hold’em. In Hold’em a pair of aces will frequently hold to the river, a set is a monster hand and a full house a licence to print money. In Omaha the hand values run differently. With… Read More »
When my poker is in need of a refresh, one of the first places I turn to is Two Plus Two. It’s an excellent forum and you can always guarantee lively debate. It even has its own Omaha 8 page, for which a lot of respect is due. Very effectively moderated by O8 enthusiast Buzz, the… Read More »