Winning at Low Limit Omaha

Peter Willis — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:55:19 +0000

If you are patient enough, there are a lot of possibilities in Low limit Omaha. There are many players that play loose in this game since everybody is sure his hand is the best. The main strategy is to bet as much as possible when you have the best combination in your hands. Pay attention that this strategy is for the beginners of low Limit Omaha where the game is loose and passive. There is another version of Omaha called High-Low. Here the highest and the lowest hands split the pot. But now we are talking only about Omaha High.

There is no such thing as dominant hand in Omaha. You may have 2 Aces and 2 Kings and you may easily lose. That does not mean you have to call when you have bad cards. You have to play the strong hands that will become dominant after the flop. Since some cards are better than others, your guesses and calculations will influence what hands are you going to play in this loose game. The best hands in Low Limit Omaha are – Kh Qc Jh 10c as well as – Qd Js 3h. These combinations you can have but very rarely, that’s why other good combinations are any combinations with which you will have a chance to win after improving. If you have a strong straight like Ah Ad Ks Js, you may raise. It is not bad if you can make a good combination with the pocket and community cards but in Omaha that does not mean anything. High two pars also are not that valuable as they are in Texas Hold’em.

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Winning at Low Limit Omaha