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Q - Omaha Opening Hands

  • 14-05-2006 6:10am
    #1
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
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    Really have no idea what Omaha Opening Hands should be in a cash game if you are playing reasonably tight. Anyone got any suggestions?


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  • #2
    fuzzbox
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    Big pairs with good side cards (the good side card part is more important as the stacks get deeper) (so AAKJ > AA72o) QQJT, KKQ9, AQJJ etc. Single suited is good, double suited is better. Having a suited Ace is even better

    Big pairs are good because they can hit top set, and win you lots of money. Good side cards are good, so that you can hit something else than top set.

    Big rundowns - 4 cards in a row (QJT9, JT98, 9876, 8765 etc). Suitedness becomes more of a factor in these hands .... try to have at least one suit, and these hands play better in late position. Dont go too far down the line (e.g. 2345 is not so good).

    Straight-pairs (9987, 8876). These are ok hands, and you can hit a set/straight type affair. However, the problem with medium pairs is that you often hit bottom/lower set. Thus, you really need to have good side cards with these pairs, so you can have some outs if you face a top set hand ... if you have 9987 on a K96 board ... and you face KK, your 87 becomes very useful. Again suitedness improves the hand, and try to have at least one suit.

    Two pair - 9988, JJTT, QQJJ etc. These work better if they are beside each other (so 9988 > JJ22). Again suitedness is good. You can hit a lot of sets with these hands, so they are quite good, but 2233 is not particularly good, so the higher the better.

    Gapped rundowns
    JT97, JT87 etc. Similar to the big rundowns, but you have a gap or two. Try to have the gap at the lower end (e.g. JT97 > J987). This is because the gap at the top can make the top card somewhat useless and you can hit some non-nut straights, that can wind up costing you your stack. Once again, suitedness and dble suitedness is a factor. Dont go crazy justifying gapped rundowns if you have lots of gaps (J975 is rubbish for example). Keep it to a max of two.

    Rundown with suited Ace
    A765 with the Ace suited with one of the cards is good Ah7d6h5d for example. So you can hit a lot of straights and/or a nut flush.


  • #3
    growler
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    I used this system as a guide, admittedly for low limits but it was a good way of focusing my mind on what to run with, rather than seeing 2 good cards and ignoring the other 2 rags.


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