Fri, 08/26/2011 – 05:19 – PokerPages Staff
Omaha is similar to Texas Hold’em, however, it also differs in a number of key ways. As a beginner poker player, this is a great game to learn. Read on to find out the poker rules.
What you need:
• 52 card deck
• Chips
• Dealer button
• Two to 10 players
How to play:
• The two players sitting to the dealer’s left place blind bets. The one directly left, a small blind and the other a big blind.
• All players are dealt four; face down cards known as pocket or hole cards.
• Betting begins with the player directly on the left of the big blind.
• After this round of betting is complete, three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the poker table or the board. These cards are known as the flop. All players must use these, along with their hands, to make the best combinations.
• After the flop, betting starts from the player left of the dealer.
• A fourth card is then dealt face up on the board. This is known as the turn card, also referred to as the Fourth Street.
• Another round of betting follows.
• The final card, known as the River or Fifth Street, is then placed onto the board face up.
• After the final round of betting, the players remaining show their cards. The final hand must be made up of two hole cards and three cards from the board.
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Fri, 01/28/2011 – 05:31 – PokerPages Staff
As a beginner poker player you have learned the basic poker rules, which included poker betting. Now it’s time to advance your play with some basic tips to success in Pot Limit Omaha (PLO).
1. Be selective with starting hands. Premium starting hands in PLO are hands that have combinations. Since you must use two of the four hole cards you receive, you have 6 possible combinations. While top pairs will give you a good starting hand, in PLO they are not a premium starting hand. A premium starting hand in PLO contains connectors and suited cards.
2. In Omaha the winning hand is generally the nuts. As such, it is not good strategy to play drawing hands that will not give you the nuts.
3. The goal of your game is to maximize profit. In PLO, like other variations, there are two ways to maximize profit.
A. First, you want to extract the greatest amount of chips from your opponent when you hold the best hand. This is accomplished with a value bet. A value bet is an amount you believe your opponent is willing to stake with their hand.
B. Secondly, you want to minimize loss. This requires that you do not invest your chips with the second best hand hoping it is good enough. The best strategy is to get out of hands when you know you are beat.
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