pokergirl40

1.Ace-ace combination's

2. King-king and Queen-queen combination's

3.9h-9c-8c-8d

4.Ad-Jc-Th-8s

5.Kh-9h-6s-5s

6.Qs-Qh-6c-3s

7.Qh-Js-8h-6s

Dyno_Don

I like playing combinations more than pairs in my hand while playing Omaha poker.
A regular Omaha poker game is played like 7 Card Stud where you will need the best high hand to win the chip stack.

If you have a couple of paired cards in your hand, you only have 1 pair to play with on the board and only two cards to match the community cards.

In Omaha high the best cards would be; AKQJ, AAKQ, or AKKQ.
This also depends on what comes up on the table with the commnity cards.

If the community cards are all low cards, like 24679, having all high cards won't help you much in Omaha.

Having same suited high cards are good to hold onto in this case if the low-cards flop comes up with your suit.

Dyno_Don

I haven't played Omaha Hi/Lo in a long time now, been too busy with work or just goofing off with other games.

Perhaps I'll try another Omaha game this coming weekend and see how I fare.

beaston

While any AAxx hand is great to have in Omaha, be sure never to overplay your hand just because you have AA. If you're heads up, you can play it somewhat fast and loose preflop, and maybe even get all of your money in the middle before the flop; but if it's a multi-way pot and you can't get people to fold, proceed with caution.

I can't even begin to count the number of people I've busted, or have seen go bust, by overplaying AA with 2 other rags, simply because they thought that just because they have AA, they're top dog; no matter what the board reads. This happens more times than not because players are not used to Omaha, and they have a hard time transitioning from hold'em. AA carries much more weight in hold'em than Omaha, for obvious reasons..

The key is to pay attention to how you opponent(s) are betting and/or raising after the flop and whether or not it's a draw heavy, or otherwise scary board. It's quite possible that they either have a strong drawing hand (flush, straight, etc) or have already flopped a set.

If they have a strong drawing hand, then you're in a coinflip, and if they've flopped a set, then you're all but drawing dead and hoping to hit one of the two remaining aces; which would make you around a 9:1 underdog after the flop.

imo, the top omaha starting hands would look more like:

AAKK down to AAJJ double suited

KKxx double suited, etc.

Any 4 cards in a run - e.g.: 9TJQ (extra points if you're double suited)

...and so on...


ps: I actually cringe when I get dealt a hand like AA92 that includes all 4 suits, especially when I'm UTG and the table is playing tight. At a tight table, most of the time the best you can do is bet pot and hope someone re-raises you, or you're going to end up with 4+ people in the pot...lol....

But on the other hand if you're at a loose aggressive table, your best bet is to limp and hope for someone to raise so you can break off a pot raise when it gets back around to you.

beaston

Oh yea, and the best hi/lo starting hands would start with:

A2A3 double suited
A2A4 double suited
A3A4 double suited

.... and so on.

I didn't include A2A2 because it's pretty redundant. At least with A2A3 you have both avenues covered if one or the other shows up; plus you have some straight possibilities added on. ie: boards containing 456, A45, etc..

Dyno_Don

I know what you mean beaston, when you get more than one pair in your hand for Omaha Hi/Lo, it is redundant to a point.
More times than not I loose with two pair, but I have caught some heafty pots in the past with two pair.

If you've got, let's say AAA6, just fold it (in my opinion).
I've lost way to many Omaha games holding on to a set in my hand.

My favorite Omaha hand, by the way, is AKA2 double suited (where the AK are suited with spades and the A2 are suited with diamonds).

I have several nice pictures posted of my wins, but you have to look for them.

There's so many good hands to have in Omaha Hi/Lo poker, that's why I like playing it so much.

beaston

I'd play AAA6 (not suited) if it was cheap enough to see a flop, hoping to hit a set, but if one of the aces is suited with the 6, I'll play it all day long..

Dyno_Don

You are bold player beaston, and I'm not saying it's not good because we play differently, but I've tried hands like that in hi/lo poker too many times and got burned.
And as you mentioned, if it's cheap to see the flop you'd go for it, and so would I.
I'd play a AA66 before a AAA6 (as I'm sure you would).

And what I think makes a big difference what we play, is our position and how many players are in the pot.