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Omaha Tips - Five TSP Classic Seats to be won! + WINNERS
To celebrate the launch of James Hartigan's Monday Night Omaha club, we're giving away five TSP Classic seats to the best set of three tips posted on this thread by Friday 8th at 12noon.
Omaha is a great game so we think these tips will be really useful, especially to those looking to learn or develop their game.
We'll pick the winners on Friday afternoon and announce them on here.
So please post your three tips here, each one must be less than 30 words please.
Who's first with their three tips?...
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My Tip
1/ go to Poker Clinic & Look up any of Talon's Threads on Omaha and you can't go wrong
2/ On cash Omaha watch a table for 20mins b4 join
ing to get an idea of the players
3/ If you hit Trips on Flop bet big to get others off any straights or flushes
Michael
TKP WE STAND AS ONE
2. AA is very beatable in Omaha
3. It is no use trying to bluff on the flop
MAximum Aggression > "Pump it or dump it" - tend to bet/raise or fold, try to avoid calling unless you have a really good reason to.
HAve Respect > Respect big bets/raises - bluffing is less frequent in Omaha, especially in multiway pots.
2) dont get attached to AA as it will rarely win unless your hu, so play it cheap unless you hit a set or have good connectors/Double suited with it
3) PLO is a high variance game so do not play cash unless 30-40 Buy ins of the maximum as a minimum
1) Understand your premium/strong hands in Omaha.....being dealt Quads or any trips are an instant fold and 4 cards of the same suit severely shortens your odds.
2) Personalities, chip stack size and table position dictate play much more than the spots on the cards.
3) It goes without saying, the player in position will generally lose small pots and win much bigger ones
1) By practicing disciplined hand selection we're aiming to flop the nuts/nut draws with re-draws to potentially be freerolling an opponent when all the money goes in.
2) It doesn't pay to play sheriff (stop theives!) in Omaha. Give the opponent credit for what he represents if you want to win at this game long term.
3) In PLO, build the pot early. By pot sized betting the flop and turn you're able to bet 9x the original pot size by the river - for value or bluffs!
2. If you find Greghogg playing hi lo it's your lucky day - he is hopeless
3. TommyD is a total luckbox at PLO avoid avoid avoid
2..... Post flop always know why you are raising, are you trying to take the pot down? build the pot? get rid of some drawing hands? And take notice of the answers. (average opponents like calling with draws and raising with made hands)
3..... Never overvalue a flush. Even the nut flush plays poorly if the board pairs.
1. Position in Omaha is more important than your cards! Position in PLO is more important than in HoldEm
2. Bet to protect, if you flop a set, hope it is top set, same with flushes, nearly always they need to be nut flushes
3. Paired board means FULL HOUSE!, lay down your flushes here unless you get very good reads, Tight is Right in Omaha
Dave
1/ STOP
2/ THINK
3/ ACT
2. Play with other people who are holding a dangler.
3. Never play with Tikay, dangler or no dangler.
2. Click Mouse
3. Call a Deaf Dog and Hit The River, even though you were dealt absolute mince.
These 3 tips will work a treat everytime when playing against me.
When your chasing a flush make sure its the nut flush (if not the str8 flush)
Use a few more seconds on the timebar to make your decision on each play than you would in hold'em - your playing a combination of hands instead of one
Good stuff, keep 'em coming!
Tearing your hair out on the river In holdem? - you may be doing It alittle sooner In omaha. The turn can destroy you. That lovely flopped str8 can look a little poorly on the turn as a third flushing card hits. Be cautious. Made hands on the flop can turn sour and If the turn doesn't get you the river may well do.
Don't be too hasty. Use the time given to run through the possibilities of the hands that may be out there especially In a multi way pot.
These tips come courtesy of my bitter experience!!
2) Open limp your entire preflop starting hand range except for AAxx and 4 card broadway rundowns. With these you should bet the POT LIMIT. This strategy is unexploitable...
3) When playing the streets the only options are give up and pot. If you have the goods press the pot button and bet. This means that if your opponents suck out on you on the turn or river that it was their mistake that won them the hand not yours. If you don't have a made hand just check/fold. Chasing draws makes you a fish. And fish are bad...
1) if it goes raise, re-raise etc im getting out the way unless i have a good 5-6 draw hand suited connectors/flush draws.
2) I agree with limping in preflop but AAxx is not a raise unless you have good suited connectors or straight draws to go with
3) you can call if your drawing so its not exactly fishing if you have a big draw and your gettting a good price, generally pot or fold is good in position but out of position check call is ok
thats all my opinion obviously but i didnt think would be great advice if people read this and are new to the game
2) If you have a straight in a multiway pot and the 3rd card to the flush comes, you are most likely beat
3) only draw to the nuts or near nuts
Still time to enter this everyone.
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Remember this closes at 12 noon so still time to enter.
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Thanks for all the entries, after deliberation our five winners are:
JohnConnor
Codex
DOHHHHHHH
MP33
SolarCarro
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