omaha hi lo

[Prowler]

anybody consider themselves a decent player at this? any tips for a beginner would be greatly appreciated, especially help with starting hands or basic strategy....

[Chewie2000]

Not an expert as such but I do make a good effort of it.

Hi/Lo is a whole new quandry in its own, really you should be starting of with a hand which can 'scoop' both the high and lo pots. Therefore THE best starting hand would be A2AK (double suited) ... pre-flop raising in OH8 is common online but is not really suitable for a full table I usually do it to try and get someone HU. Im usually looking for double suited / pairs / lo or high connectors (middle connectors are bad as your are normally drawing to the 'idoit' end of a str / but most importantly of all if your a beginner dont leave home without an Ace and a lo card A2, A3, A4... or if your feeling fruity 23, 24... these 'act' as safety nets when your drawing to a hi with a made lo hand or nut lo draw.

I have a few books on the subject which I will post the titles of soon as I can rummage them out.

If you fancy a game I would start at micro level cash or $5 SnG's. I'm always available for a good gas about this.... and if you fancy a 'live' home game and can get to Acton I know a gr8 game for £10 freezeout with a bunch of fellow OH8 worshippers / trainees. With a joyfull round of dealers choice late into the night.... we even play the filthy game of Hold'em for one round....

Good luck.. tis a great game to get away from HoldEm ...

ps.. POT LIMIT POT LIMIT POT LIMIT.....

pps... Limit is only really good for large MTT's

ppps... I did say good luck didnt i

[Wuddle]

This might be of some intrest to you mate...

For a good guide on starting hands, the hutchinson Point count system for Omaha hi-lo is well worth a read...

http://www.homestead.com/ehutchison/OmahaSystem.html

[Prowler]

i think this hand was probably the most excited i've ever got while playing poker of any type, i hit a royal flush when i first started playing but didnt really understand how rare that was so wasnt really that excited about it.....

Hand #283663951 at table: Table OH 39
Started: Sun Apr 30 20:35:08 2006

morci is at seat 1 with 5.72
PMIB is at seat 2 with 27.96
PROWLER666 is at seat 3 with 29.29
sok123 is at seat 4 with 64.69
The Divil is at seat 5 with 20.00
franzip is at seat 6 with 5.80
2*Ace is at seat 7 with 14.10
Miklen is at seat 8 with 49.12
wtp..nigel is at seat 9 with 19.65
Kaledin is at seat 10 with 46.55

2*Ace posts the large blind 0.50
franzip posts the small blind 0.25

franzip: --, --, --, --
2*Ace: --, --, --, --
Miklen: --, --, --, --
wtp..nigel: --, --, --, --
Kaledin: --, --, --, --
morci: --, --, --, --
PMIB: --, --, --, --
PROWLER666: Ac, 3s, 7d, As
sok123: --, --, --, --
The Divil: --, --, --, --

Pre-flop:

Miklen: Fold
wtp..nigel: Call 0.50
Kaledin: Call 0.50
morci: Call 0.50
PMIB: Call 0.50
PROWLER666: Call 0.50
sok123: Call 0.50
The Divil: Call 0.50
franzip: Call 0.50
2*Ace: Check

Flop (Board: 9c, 4s, 5s):

franzip: Bet 1.00
2*Ace: Call 1.00
wtp..nigel: Fold
Kaledin: Fold
morci: Call 1.00
PMIB: Call 1.00
PROWLER666: Call 1.00
sok123: Call 1.00
The Divil: Call 1.00

Turn (Board: 9c, 4s, 5s, 2d):

franzip: Bet 2.00
2*Ace: Call 2.00
morci: Call 2.00
PMIB: Call 2.00
PROWLER666: Raise 10.00
sok123: Fold
The Divil: Fold
franzip: All in
2*Ace: Call 10.00
morci: All in
PMIB: Call 10.00

River (Board: 9c, 4s, 5s, 2d, 7h):

2*Ace: Check
PMIB: All in
PROWLER666: Call 16.46
2*Ace: Fold

Showdown:

PMIB shows: 6s, Jc, Qc, 3h (straight to the Seven)
PMIB shows: 6s, Jc, Qc, 3h (6,5,4,3,2 for low.)
PROWLER666 shows: Ac, 3s, 7d, As (straight to the Five)
PROWLER666 shows: Ac, 3s, 7d, As (5,4,3,2,A for low.)

Sidepot 3:
PMIB wins the pot of 23.41 with straight to the Seven


Sidepot 3:
PROWLER666 wins the low hand pot of 23.41 with 5,4,3,2,A

franzip shows: 8h, 5d, 5h, 9h (three of a kind, Fives)
franzip shows: 8h, 5d, 5h, 9h (8,7,5,4,2 for low.)

Sidepot 2:
PMIB wins the pot of 0.66 with straight to the Seven


Sidepot 2:
PROWLER666 wins the low hand pot of 0.66 with 5,4,3,2,A

morci shows: 9d, 8d, 2s, Ks (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
morci shows: 9d, 8d, 2s, Ks (8,7,5,4,2 for low.)

Mainpot:
PMIB wins the pot of 16.02 with straight to the Seven


Mainpot:
PROWLER666 wins the low hand pot of 16.02 with 5,4,3,2,A

(3.00 rake were taken for this hand)

you wouldnt believe how badly i wanted that 2 of spades to hit to give me a steel wheel, when the 2 of diamonds came i cant describe how good it feels to be drawing for the best hand possible but still being able to bet heavy on the nut low hand

any comments on how i played it would be welcomed as i have a feeling i should have raised preflop and bet the flop too

[cayton]

i love omaha hi low but it took me a while to learn the game, when u sit at ten seater tables there is always a couple of nutters who dont know what a good hand is so they will bang loads of chips in pre flop. my advise would be play slow at first find those weak players and hit em hard the good players play few hands but win big keep well away !

[swinebag22]

A good time to raise preflop in this game is in LP holding 4 high cards in a multi limped pot. The multiple limping means there is a good chance that all the low cards have been dealt and the flop is more likely to have high cards, hitting your hand hard giving you the chance to scoop with no low hand possible.

[Wakou]

A while ago I was very drunk indeed and accidently put myself into a PLO H/l SNG, having no real idea how to play, I won it.