First Time played Omaha. Need help

[PoorGypsy]

You should maybe take 5 minutes to study the rules for the specific variant before playing....
There are also different start hands playable.
e.g. if you have 4 aces it's not as good as you may think.

yeah I ad just few minutes free and there was no other games t the mmen so I decie to try to actally foud out wwhat is lie. and now I got interested in this game actually and mabe even study it a bit deeper.) But I actually do not want to reefocus to much from discipline that I already started learning)

 

[PoorGypsy]

If we are talking about classic Omaha, then the combinations themselves are the same as in Hallem, but the most important rule that distinguishes Omaha from Hold'em (as Martin already said) is that you cannot use all your cards.: it should always be only 2 of your pocket cards + 3 on the board. You also need to keep in mind that a pair or 2 pairs or even a set is not the best combination here. Since players have 4 cards each, the probability of getting a straight, flush and full house is much higher here.

Maybe this will help.:

Pot Limit Omaha Series:

• Pot-Limit Omaha vs. Texas Hold’em: Key Differences Every Player Should Know
• How to Think Like a Pro in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO): Strategy & Mechanics
• Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Strategy: How to Play & Win
• PLO vs. Hold'em: Which Poker Game is Best for Your Style?

Great! Thank you for te usefull liks))

 

[PoorGypsy]

.... maybe you could post your hand, ... my guess would be you're reading the board incorrectly,

in omaha as stated above it's any 2 cards from your hand and any 3 from the board to make the best hand👍

Not a stupid question. Good that you played for fun. The biggest beginner mistake is probably not grasping that you must use exactly two of your hole card and three board cards . An example: You have the AA spades and clubs plus a heart and a diamond . The flop is three spades. You call a bet with AA and the turn is another ♠️ You jam the pot with your nut flush. You get re-raised and call. And you lose the hand since you after all don’t have a flush since you can only use three of the board cards. You just have one pair - rarely enough in PLO.
In another hand you have a boat. Gung go you think only to discover that Villain has a higher boat. Your underfull loses to an overfull. Quite common in PLO.

Yeah you explaned well for me. Now I got my mistake. And wil try to play todays game on replay again)

 

[PoorGypsy]

As for preflop play the strength of a hand is determined by the combination of these attributes:
1. Connectedness
2. Suitedness
3. Rank
4. Focus
5. Position

Worth noting that position is even more important in PLO compared to Hold’em.

Hold’em might be regarded as a prerequisite to PLO.

okay. got you. But only dont understand what is focus?

 

[dorsk]

okay. got you. But only dont understand what is focus?

Yes, focus is the most difficult property to grasp. Focus refers to how strong your hand can hit the flop. A hand like T988 has great focus.

As for suitedness it’s off course best to hold a double suited hand. If you in addition hold a so called Rundown - I.e, T987 - you have a premium hand. Easy to fold at an unfriendly flop and a potential monster if it hits.

Always remember that PLO is a postflop game - much more than Hold’em. Since it’s a postflop game a PLO hand takes longer time compared to Hold’em. The pots are typically 3-5 times higher than a Hold’em hand.

 

[makisaa]

Omaha is a game where you must be more carefull with hands. You are waiting your cards to have suited pairs, or couples or a suited pair and a couple e.t.c. Then you better connect with the board, and watch out for the existence of a little better hand of the opponent! You can use only two of your cards and only three of the board!

 

[PoorGypsy]

Yes, focus is the most difficult property to grasp. Focus refers to how strong your hand can hit the flop. A hand like T988 has great focus.

As for suitedness it’s off course best to hold a double suited hand. If you in addition hold a so called Rundown - I.e, T987 - you have a premium hand. Easy to fold at an unfriendly flop and a potential monster if it hits.

Always remember that PLO is a postflop game - much more than Hold’em. Since it’s a postflop game a PLO hand takes longer time compared to Hold’em. The pots are typically 3-5 times higher than a Hold’em hand.

wow, thank you so much.