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Summary: Good hands for Omaha poker might be different than for regular poker, get expert tips and advice on poker tournaments in this free video.
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Reg Brittain In 2006, Reg Brittain won $25,000 on Fox Sports Network's Poker Dome Challenge, and came close to playing for $1 million in the championship. Like many, Britt... read more
You know in poker, no matter the game variance. It is important to know what a good starting hand is, and what a bad starting hand is. The thing about Omaha, whether its fixed limits or pot limit, is that hope seems to spring eternal. Because you get four starting cards and you can use your best two for the given board. And so, you'll find that most people will come to the table and play a lot of hands. And the funny thing is, since there are so many options and it is very hard to gain a real statistical advantage in Omaha, you actually need to play tighter. If you're someone who plays a little loose in Texas Holdem, when you sit down and play Omaha Holdem, you need to play really tight. Let?s talk about a couple of good starting hands. It?s important to note that there are as many as more than thirty good starting hands for pot limit Omaha. Because you are starting with four cards. But there are many many more times than thirty bad starting hands. So I'm not going to lay out, obviously, thirty plus hands. But let?s talk about a couple of really good ones. And what you are looking for are four cards that all work together.