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How To Avoid Getting "Quartered" In Omaha High-Low

MPC admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:45:26 +0000

A perennial risk on Omaha Hi-Lo poker involves winning only a quarter of the pot. This usually happens when you share the low side of the pot, while an opponent takes the high side. Many players regularly put themselves at risk of being quartered by playing in such a way as to increase the likelihood of this expensive scenario occurring. This article outlines common situations in which you can be quartered, and suggests ways to spot and avoid these situations in the future.

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5 Ways To Improve Your Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Profits

MPC admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:42:23 +0000

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo is gaining in popularity online. With so many fresh faces at the tables the potential for profit is huge. This article gives you 5 ways to ensure that you are taking more than your fair-share of the massive profits available from this entertaining form of poker.

Bigger PLO Hi-Lo Profits #1 – Play Less Starting Hands

With so many hands having potential it can be tempting for many players to stick with a PLO High starting hand selection and add the low hands to this. Profitable Omaha Hi-Lo hands are those which can win both sides of the pot, and have nut potential for at least one side. This means you need to be selective in choosing the right starting hands, particularly with several players left to act behind you.

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Pot-Limit Omaha Sit N Go – 5 Opponent Errors You Can Exploit

MPC admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:13:34 +0000

Sit and Go Tournaments are a hugely popular form of online poker, and Pot-Limit Omaha Sit N Goes are no exception. There are two types of error common in these games which thinking players can profitably exploit. The first involves those not experienced with PLO strategy and the second involves those who do not fully appreciate the changes in poker dynamics which occur in Sit N Go Tournaments. This article lists 5 of the most common Pot-Limit Omaha SNG errors which you can start exploiting today!

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Pot-Limit Omaha Sit N Go Errors #1 – Loose, Passive And Out Of Position

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Relative Hand Strength In Pot-Limit Omaha High

MPC admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:56:17 +0000

One of the biggest errors made by players transitioning from No-Limit Holdem to Pot-Limit Omaha is making the correct adjustments for relative hand strength. While it is clear to many that 4 hole-cards mean bigger hands at showdown, the large size of this difference often leads to difficulties. This article examines the relative hands strength in Pot-Limit Omaha games, to help you profit from those players who fail to grasp this important concept.

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We start by looking at how the strength of hands at showdown is dramatically increased by the 2 from your hand, 3 from the board. Next the fact that Pot-Limit Omaha is a ‘game of the nuts’ is examined, particularly for big pots. We finish with some simple rules of thumb which should keep you out of trouble while transitioning to this form of poker.

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Pot-Limit Omaha Tips

MPC admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:10:48 +0000

Go where the action is – go play pot-limit Omaha. More and more players are fascinated by the amount of fun and excitement this poker type has to offer. Even Pros like Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius tend to play as much pot-limit Omaha as possible.

Most of the time, players start with Hold’em and then move on to Omaha and test the new waters. Before putting on your swim suit, there are a few things you need to know to get an early edge:

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The showdown hands are a lot better

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Pot-Limit Omaha Beginners Guide

MPC admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:06:35 +0000

Pot-limit Omaha is a very popular game. Not only professional players love it. An increasing number of online poker players enjoy this game for several reasons. For some players it’s just variety and others think they have a bigger edge over their opponents.

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Many of the Hold’em players that try out pot-limit Omaha think they could play pretty much the same way they play Hold’em. If they win with a certain strategy at Hold’em it can’t be that wrong in pot-limit Omaha. But this is often the case if a Hold’em player doesn’t adapt properly and is learning essentially Omaha strategy. That’s the reason we will show you some beginner strategy:

Let’s take a look at the starting hands in Omaha.

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The Wrong Way to Bluff

MPC admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:04:45 +0000

Bluffing is an integral part of Omaha. If you are simply waiting to get good cards and folding anything else, you’ll never become a great poker player. In doing so, you are giving randomness and luck the upper hand, and that’s not the best way to win pots. Bluffing is therefore required but unfortunately, some people are not very good at it. In this article, I explore common bluffing related errors. Learn what they are, and stay away from them!

Every time you try to bluff you are taking a risk. The key is to minimize this risk, and the following situations should generally be avoided:

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Bluffing to steal a very small pot, or worthless blinds

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