Holdem players often overlook the strength of coordinated cards pre-flop, for example 4-5-6-7 with 2 suits is actually 49.3% to win all-in pre-flop against A-A-9-2 with 4 suits! High pairs increase dramatically in strength with ‘backup’ in the form of suited cards or straight possibilities. The danger is that your betting ‘tells the table’ what you hold at the same time as giving them the correct implied-odds to outdraw you. Unless you can get more than half of your stack into the pot pre-flop you need to be careful with those aces. In fact the mark of a good Omaha player is whether they are capable of getting away from high-pair hands when behind! Players new to PLO Poker often over-value A-A-x-x hands. While aces are a strong hand in Pot-Limit Omaha they are very unlikely to win a pot unimproved against more than a single opponent. You’ll find instructions on getting your copy at the bottom of this article! Holdem vs Omaha #1 – High Pairs We recommend our complimentary eBook – ‘Tune In, Bet Pot, Cash Out’ – for those players making the transition from Texas Holdem to Pot-Limit Omaha. This article covers 5 of the most common mistakes and key differences between the two forms of poker – to help make your transition as profitable as possible. Players, even good ones, who are used to Texas Holdem often make errors when moving over to Pot-Limit Omaha Poker.
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