Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of omaha poker starting hands::How Do You Play Texas Hold'em Poker







Review of omaha poker starting hands::How Do You Play Texas Hold'em Poker








This               analysis               began               when               I               found               out               I               was               constantly               losing               in               Omaha               poker.

Having               played               only               Hold               Em               extensively,               my               first               thought               was               that               pocket               aces               were               a               monster               like               in               Hold               Em.

But               I               found               myself               losing               again               and               again               with               what               I               thought               were               good               starting               hands.

I               also               thought               that               if               I               had               an               ace               and               a               king,               that               I               had               a               very               good               shot               of               winning               the               hand.

These               ideas               turned               out               to               be               about               as               far               from               the               truth               as               you               can               get               about               Omaha               poker.

In               order               to               improve               my               game,               I               sat               down               with               a               deck               of               cards               and               dealt               to               nine               imaginary               players.

Rather               than               having               the               imaginary               players               fold               their               bad               hands,               I               just               played               out               the               hands               as               if               everyone               stayed               in               the               hand               all               the               way               to               the               river.

So               the               numbers               you               see               here               represent               somewhat               bigger               hands               on               average               than               you               will               see               in               real               life,               but               my               analysis               shows               that,               as               a               general               rule,               you               need               very               big               hands               to               win               in               Omaha.

Additionally,               I               found               that               winning               in               Omaha               depends               heavily               on               hitting               draws               because               many               of               the               monster               hands               hit               on               the               turn               or               river.
               Compared               to               Hold               Em,               it               turns               out               that               you               cannot               really               have               a               solid               idea               of               the               strength               of               your               hand               before               the               flop.

This               is               because               the               game               is               so               dependent               on               draws,               and               a               hand               way               ahead               even               after               the               flop               can               still               be               run               down               by               another               player               trying               to               hit               a               big               draw.

Therefore,               do               not               get               too               excited               about               having               pocket               aces               or               pocket               kings               and               certainly               not               any               other               lower               pairs.

Even               if               you               do               hit               trips               on               the               flop,               you               will               often               be               behind               already               to               a               bigger               pair               that               also               hit               trips.

This               is               the               just               the               way               of               life               for               Omaha               players.

You               often               need               a               monster               to               win               a               hand.
               Another               interesting               thing               that               I               found               is               that               you               will               often               lose               with               flushes.

While               you               will               occasionally               lose               with               flushes               in               Hold               Em,               this               seems               to               happen               much               more               in               Omaha.

I               would               not               get               too               excited               about               getting               lots               of               money               in               the               pot               with               a               weak               flush.

You               could               still               win               with               a               weak               flush,               but               even               a               King-high               flush               often               loses               to               an               Ace-high               flush.
               Full               houses               are               also               very               common               in               Omaha.

However,               trying               to               draw               to               a               full               house               is               usually               futile.

Hitting               two               pair               on               the               flop               always               makes               me               salivate               at               the               thought               of               drawing               out               to               a               full               house,               but               that               draw               does               not               seem               to               hit               often.

Rather,               full               houses               seem               more               likely               to               hit               when               you               have               a               paired               board               and               trips               due               to               an               additional               card               in               your               hand               matching               that               pair.

Then,               the               board               pairs               one               of               your               hole               cards,               filling               up               your               full               house.

Therefore,               hitting               a               full               house               is               often               somewhat               unexpected.

When               you               stay               in               a               hand               to               draw               out,               more               success               comes               from               drawing               to               straights               and               flushes               than               trying               to               draw               to               a               full               house.

Nonetheless,               you               often               get               lucky               and               hit               that               full               house,               ending               up               with               an               even               bigger               hand               than               you               were               trying               to               hit.
               Also               keep               in               mind               that               there               are               many               four-of-a-kind               winners               in               Omaha.

When               the               board               trips               with               three               of               the               same               card,               any               player               with               a               pocket               pair               has               a               full               house               locked               up.

But               it               is               in               this               exact               situation               that               another               player               often               has               that               fourth               card               in               their               hand,               hitting               four               of               a               kind.
               Of               course,               drawing               to               a               straight               is               common,               and               straights               are               obviously               good               when               there               is               no               pair               on               board               and               no               flush               draw.

Smaller               straights               win               more               than               small               flushes.

Nonetheless,               you               really               want               to               have               the               best               possible               straight.

It               is               quite               common               in               Omaha               to               have               something               like               4,5,6,7,8               but               lose               to               5,6,7,8,9.
               The               following               numbers               are               not               meant               to               be               a               statistically               significant               sample               of               winning               hands,               but               the               pattern               is               clear               from               just               a               small               sample               -               big               hands               win               in               Omaha.

With               that               said,               in               a               sample               of               50               9-player               hands,               I               showed               the               following               results:               2               fours               of               a               kind,               18               full               houses,               14               flushes,               10               straights,               3               trips,               and               3               two               pair.

There               were               no               winning               hands               with               only               one               pair               or               no               pair               over               this               small               sample.

As               you               can               see,               this               is               dramatically               different               than               Hold               Em,               where               just               a               pair               or               even               ace               high               often               wins               a               hand.

Note,               though,               that               real               games               will               show               a               few               more               winners               with               trips               and               two               pair               because               the               imaginary               players               in               this               game               did               not               fold               their               bad               starting               hands.
               In               conclusion,               the               strength               of               an               Omaha               hand               is               not               clear               before               the               flop.

Pocket               pairs               are               not               very               strong,               and               drawing               to               a               nut               flush               or               straight               is               the               typical               way               to               play               Omaha.

If               you               do               not               hit               your               big               draw,               some               other               player               often               will.






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