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Omaha is a very fun poker game to play, it is also one of the loosest poker games there is. It is similar to Texas Hold’em except instead of getting two cards each player gets four cards. Out of those four cards a player must use two and only two cards. For example if you have only one spade, and there are four spades on the community board (the community board rules are the same as Texas Hold’em) then you do not have a flush because you aren’t using two cards in your hand, only one. You would need two spades to get the flush. Because each player gets four cards, there is always a lot of people that stay in the action pre-flop because there are just to many possibilities out there. Because of this it is not necessarily a good idea to raise pre-flop unless you have a great hand and are going to raise it up pretty heavily.

The best starting hand for Omaha no limit is two aces and two kings double suited. This hand allows you to go for the strongest chance in catching the nuts. And in Omaha it is very important to try to get the nuts. Bluffing is not half as useful in Omaha as it is in Texas Hold’em.

Something that might make your eyes glow if you see it in your hands while playing Omaha is getting quads as your playing cards in your hand – especially quad aces or kings. Looks great doesn’t it, but you should throw it away right away. Ninety percent of the time that is a losing hand because it limits you to a high pair of aces most of the time (of course you could possibly catch two pair, a full house, or a straight if the community board is extremely generous, but chances are great that your opponent is going to catch his nuts long before you do). Don’t let the beauty of quads in your hand deceive you.

Another throw-away hand in Omaha is trips. Once again don’t let trip Aces in your hands fool you. It really isn’t a good hand at all because your limited to using only two cards so having 3 aces and one other card is about the equivalent of having only 3 cards all together. However, playing trips is somewhat acceptable if you have a King that is suited with your aces every once in a while. In other words, don’t plan on this hand winning you pots.

If there is not a significant raise pre-flop, a raise that you don’t think you can afford with the cards you’re holding, then those two hands that were just mentioned are really the only throw away hands. You should always limp in as much as possible in Omaha. You are really trying to see every single flop you can possibly see. Getting into the flop is important and it’s also what makes it fun because there are so many possibilities.

Remember, you are always going for the nuts in Omaha. So just as it is very important to see as many flops as possible, especially when they are cheap, it is also very important to get out of a good deal of the hands too, because the odds usually aren’t on your side (which is why you have to make as much money as possible when you do get the nuts) and someone else usually has the nuts. The whole time you are playing Omaha you have to be on the look out and study the board really hard to determine what the cards are that make the nuts or better than your hand.