How to play Omaha Poker

How to play Omaha poker

Basic introduction to playing Omaha poker; Omaha is a great card game and the most played poker game after Texas Holdem. There are a couple of variations of the basic Omaha poker; usually it is played as Pot-Limit, and a

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A winning poker hand

Omaha Winning Hands

Winning poker hands. To  win at Omaha poker you need to know the winning hands, and this is absolutely essential in Omaha because you need to know if you are drawing to a great hand or not. Skill comes into

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The best Omaha hands

Omaha Strategy

How to play Omaha; Omaha is a complicated game and you can be winning one minute and losing badly the next. Here we are going to look at strategy for basic Omaha. For Omaha Hi-Lo look here. Don’t forget that

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Why play Omaha poker?

Omaha is already the second most popular card game after Texas Hold’em, and now people are becoming bored with Texas Hold’em and are turning to Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) for new excitement. Although Texas Hold’em skills are transferable, to play Omaha you will have to learn a lot more strategy to become a good player at Omaha. It’s a challenge. If you like a challenge this is where you start on your journey of learning how to win at Omaha poker.

What makes Omaha so much fun?

Although very popular, Omaha still attracts a lot of inexperienced players. If you are a good experienced poker player then you have a chance to win pots against the bluffers. You can bluff too but much less and more carefully than you would get away in Texas Hold'em. With so many chances to win why wouldn't it be fun? Check out the poker strategy section to find out the secrets to winning big. The understanding by most players of the strategy for Pot Limit Omaha is not great. Players tend to be loose in their play and the skill levels nowhere near what you would see in a Hold’em game. This is why if you have solid play and advanced skills it is likely to be profitable for you as well as being fun.