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Omaha 8 – Slow Playing In Omaha High Low

05-10-2013, Aaron Hendrix

One thing you can say about poker players is that they love to be tricky and “outsmart” their opponents. This is the reason so many players slow play their big hands, even though it's often not the most profitable play. In Omaha High Low...

Omaha 8 – Bluffing In Omaha High Low

05-03-2013, Aaron Hendrix

Unlike its counterpart, No Limit Hold’em, bluffing in Omaha 8 Or Better is not an important strategic consideration. The situations where bluffing succeeds in Omaha High Low are few and far between and in most instances are losing propositions...

Omaha 8 – Playing the River; the Non Nuts

04-24-2013, Aaron Hendrix

Playing the nuts on the river in Omaha 8 is, for the most part, easy. You bet and you bet some more. What about the times however when you have nothing or have a 2nd or 3rd best hand? What do you do then? For example, let's say you played a hand...

Omaha 8 – Playing the River; “The Nuts”

04-19-2013, Aaron Hendrix

By the time you reach the river in an Omaha 8 game, you will know whether you have made your hand or not. Everything that you had to deal with before regarding probability and pot odds is no longer relevant. What is important is being able to read...

Omaha 8 – The Role Of Pot Odds

04-11-2013, Aaron Hendrix

As you start to learn to play Omaha High Low (also known as Omaha 8 or Better), you'll quickly learn one thing. There is a lot of math and probability involved and the sooner you learn it, the better off you'll be and the more money you will make...

Omaha 8 – Playing the Flop, Part Two

03-28-2013, Aaron Hendrix

In the first part on playing the flop, we discussed what to do when you miss the flop or hit it hard. In this part, we are going to talk about what to do when you hit a piece of the flop. This is the most likely scenario in an Omaha High Low game...

Omaha 8 – Playing the Flop, Part One

03-20-2013, Aaron Hendrix

Many people think the secret to success in Omaha High Low (also known as Omaha 8 or Better) is hitting your card or avoiding getting outdrawn on the river. While this certainly plays a significant role, the truth of the matter is that being a...

Omaha 8 – Playing the Turn

03-08-2013, Aaron Hendrix

While the flop is the time in an Omaha High Low hand that you will get the most information, the turn is important when it comes to the amount of money you will win or lose because the betting limits double. The same things you do on the flop...

Omaha 8 – Playing Low Only Hands Post-Flop

02-27-2013, Aaron Hendrix

When you flop a hand that only has the potential to win the low in Omaha 8 or Better, one of your biggest concerns will be if you are sharing the low with another player and you will get quartered or worse. Getting quartered is much more likely if...

Omaha 8 – Starting Hands with Multiple Ways of Winning

02-14-2013, Aaron Hendrix

When deciding what hands to play in Omaha 8, you're looking for hands that have not only potential for multiple ways of winning, but ones that can win you the entire pot rather than just half of it. The big winners in Omaha 8 are the players who win...

Omaha 8 – Starting Hands With Low Potential

02-10-2013, Aaron Hendrix

In Omaha High/Low (also known as Omaha 8 or better), the most important decision you'll make will be the hand you start with. Omaha 8 is an easy game to play if you make proper pre-flop decisions. Avoiding trouble hands and only playing hands that...

Bluffing In Omaha 8

01-30-2013, Aaron Hendrix

Because of the split pot nature of Omaha High Low (also known as Omaha 8 or Better), it is difficult to bluff successfully. When you factor in the loose tendencies of many low limit players, you will often be better served to almost never bluff...

Playing Heads-Up In Omaha 8 or Better

01-18-2013, Aaron Hendrix

There won't be many situations where you play heads up in Omaha High Low (also known as Omaha 8 or Better). Usually the only time you will play heads up is if you seek out a heads-up table online, a heads up SNG, or get to the end of a tournament...

Omaha 8 Strategy– Omaha Hi/Lo Odds

04-21-2012, Aaron Hendrix

In order to be a successful and winning player in Omaha High/Low (also known as Omaha 8 or better), it is important that you know and understand the odds of certain situations. The following are some important odds and probabilities that you...

Omaha 8 – General Tournament Strategy

04-17-2012, Aaron Hendrix

If you are going to play in an Omaha Hi/Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) tournament, you will have to make some adjustments from typical ring game strategy and play. Unlike a cash game, you can't refill your chip stack when you run out in a...

Common Mistakes In Omaha Hi/Lo

04-09-2012, Aaron Hendrix

Everyone makes mistakes when playing poker. It is how you learn from your mistakes, being able to minimize the number that you make, and maximizing on the mistakes of others that makes the difference between a winning and losing player. The...

Omaha Hi/Lo Strategy for Beginners

04-01-2012, Aaron Hendrix

Most poker players start out learning to play Hold’em. One of the problems with this is that there is an insane amount of literature and sources available to poker players on that subject. While you can find the right game, for the most part you...

Omaha Hi/Lo Strategy

03-30-2012, Aaron Hendrix

In most cases, there is not much of a difference between a winning and losing player in Omaha Hi/Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or Better). The more you know, the better your decisions will become and the more money you will make. We will provide you...

Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Guide

03-29-2012, Aaron Hendrix

Welcome to the Internet’s most complete information station on Omaha Hi/Lo! PokerWorks is a great resource for poker players who are interested in learning how to play Omaha Hi/Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or Better) or already love playing the...

Poker Plays With Pokerpeaker: Making A Good Call Against A Donkey In Omaha

08-18-2010, PokerPeaker

Omaha's not the aggressive, bluffing game that No-Limit Holdem is. But that doesn't mean you won't run into super-aggressive players in Omaha who try to bluff you off big pots. As in Holdem, the only way to beat these players is to call those big...