Congratulations to our good friend Andrew Laurie on the publication of his new novel ‘The Poker Player’, now available in paperback. Andrew is himself a keen Omaha 8 enthusiast, so we do hope you show him your support and help make this a poker best seller. See below for an exclusive extract and here for a… Read More »
In the previous two posts on we looked at premium and speculative FLO8 starting hands. Time now to explore how to play flawed and junk starting hands. This can form part of your winning strategy. Flawed hands The following hands may look pretty but are actually flawed and usually best avoided. In a full ring… Read More »
In the last post we looked at premium starting hands. This time we turn out attention to speculative starting hands. In the right circumstances these can make a lot of money and should form part of any winning strategy. On other occasions you may want to discard speculative hands pre flop. Let’s look at the… Read More »
The premium starting hands are a small select group of hands which you should play on all occasions and against all opponents. To a much greater extent than in Hold’em, you will need to re-evaluate how strong your hand is post flop, but each of the hands below will have a lot of equity pre… Read More »
The best (‘nut’) low hand in Omaha 8 is the wheel: A-2-3-4-5. If you hold the wheel along with a six high straight then you are in Omaha 8 heaven. Potentially you can make a lot of money by taking three quarters of the pot against another player holding the wheel only. Multi way draws… Read More »
Last time we looked at tilt. What tilt is, what causes it and what the consequences can be. This time, how to deal with tilt. A Ten Point Plan Let’s start with a note of realism. Dealing with tilt is difficult. Many otherwise great players never manage it, and sizeable bankrolls (and great careers) have… Read More »
Tilt is any occasion when you are not playing your ‘A’ game. The most typical cause of tilt is when you suffer one or several bad beats. However there are many other causes including being tired, emotional, tired and emotional, or even dizzy due to success. The last point is often under-rated. We all know… Read More »
10: The Three P’s (You can’t win big without them) Our final golden rule. One that applies to many forms of poker. The Three P’s: Position: The mark of a good player includes losing less with bad hands. A key way to do this is to reduce the number of marginal hands which you play… Read More »
9: Rarely or never slow play There are number of reasons that you should rarely slow play including the following: Omaha is a drawing game and it is rare that you will flop the immortal nuts, for either high or low. You need to charge others to draw against you. Even if you have half… Read More »
8: Controlled aggression/ semi bluffing is important, but Omaha 8 Limit is not a game for bluffing One of the keys to success in Omaha 8 is to work out when you have good equity in the pot, and try to get more money in. For example, suppose you hold A-2-3-x pre flop in late… Read More »