Started hands in Omaha Hi Lowe (Hi Lo). Starting hands in Omaha Best starting hands in Omaha

Classification of starting hands in Omaha Hi Lowe (Hi Lo) is very different from ordinary Omaha (PL and NL). In Omaha Hi Lowe Bank, share between the strongest hand (High combination) and the weakest (low combination of 8). In accordance with this, the player needs to select strong starting hands, which have a chance to win a bank on High or Low combination, and ideally on both combinations. Therefore, all starting hands in Omaha High Low can be divided into three main categories.

Strong starting hands

- This hand is ideal for both Low and High combination. You have every chance, collect such a hai combination as a senior flash, older pair, low straight or older. Also, you have three lowest cards, which allows you to gather a low hand. Moreover, even if the ace falls on the flop, twice or triple - you still have two lowest cards that will allow you to collect a natasy low hand.

- Sostly suited aces and kings are the most strong starting cards, for playing on the High combination. Playing this hand, you expect to pick up half of the bank only on the older combination or hope that no one will gather low, and you will take the entire bank. Be that as it may all suite aces and kings, a very strong hand in Omaha Hi Low.

- Excellent starting hand to win the distribution in the low combination. Even if you have a couple in a couple, and you in any case are the lowest cards to collect LO. In addition, you still have a good chance to collect a senior hand - a senior flash, street or two pairs.

Good starting hands

- This hand does not give the opportunity to collect LO, but you definitely have four oldest cards for High combination. Therefore, if older cards will be released on the flop, you will probably be ahead of your opponents.

- Non-suited ace and low steam. This hand is also well suited for the draw and has a good chance of improving the flop. You can play both in Low and on the High combination.

– good hand For the game in the Lowe hand. Your hand is well protected if paired cards falling out, but for victory in the low combination, in most cases you need to flop ace. Also, you have a good chance to collect Street and win the bank on older hand.

Middle hands

- This hand still allows you to collect and Lowe and High combination. But it is necessary to play carefully, especially under the low hand, since rivals can have lower cards. The same applies to the flash, even if you gather a flash, be careful because there is a high probability of having a senior flash from opponents in Omaha.

Introduction

In this article

• Major basic preflop game concepts
  
• What starting hands can be played, and which no?
  
• The most important differences between Hedz-Up-banks and multipotes
  

In this part of the Omaha series for beginners, it will be about the basics of the preflop game. First you will get acquainted with the main points that you need to pay attention to the preflop draw.

In the course of the article we will continue to leave on various categories of hands and basic concepts. On the basis of the selected examples, we will prove the importance of the correct selection of starting hands. In addition, you will learn what is the difference between the game in Hedz-ap-banks from the game in multipotes.

In addition, in this article, you will find a separate chapter dedicated to the size of rates and raises.

Basics of game preflop

16432 Various starting hands

In total, Omaha 16432 starting hands, which form 270725 different possible combinations.

Lack of laptop hand

It is logical that there is no simple chart of starting hands for Omaha. Even the question of which hand in PLO is the best, sometimes causes fierce disputes, since the quality of the hand is determined not only preflop-equity, but also playability.

It does not matter whether you prefer double-suit AAC or double AAJT - both hands are very strong. The chart of starting hands would be less effective in Omaha also for the reason that in this game the final result is much more dependent on the post-fag, rather than in Hold'em.

Little Equity Difference on Preflop

Among other things, the difference in Equity on Preflop in Omaha is much smaller than in Hold'em. One of the strongest start-up hands AACC has only 65.5% of Equity against a random hand.

Analysis of Equity
Bord
	Equity	Win	Delog Bank	Combinations	Hand or range
Player 1.	65,5%	65,17%	0,33%	6961	Aa **
Player 2.	34,5%	34,17%	0,33%	270725	100%

The probability of winnings with pocket aces in Hold'em exceeds 85%, and this advantage In most cases, it is not exposed to great changes. In Omaha, everything is often quite the opposite. On many flops, AKK becomes big under Anderdog.

Know your equity and playability

Thus, it is very important to know its equity on the preflop, as well as the playability of the hand. In addition, on many flops you must at least seek your equity against the alleged opponent's range.

You will be able to remember all the necessary numbers only if you again and again analyze your equity after the session played and postpone certain template situations in the head, in which you play with Beth / Fold aces on one or another board or, on the contrary, you can play stack.

Balanced 3-bet range

Most new mistakes on the preflop are connected with the fact that the incorrect range of 3-beta is chosen. Many players who came from Hold'em, 3-bet of all aces and even marginal kings and ladies, as telling them the experience gained in Hold'em.

In Plo, you must have a 3-way balanced mix from strong aces, premium kings and two-way hands with high playability. For disguise and balance, you can also add to your spectrum, for example, some senior and younger rows.

Lymphas on CO or BU

Unlike Hold'em, an insulating raise from late position against Limper in an early position in Omaha is not your duty. The position has so much value, and the post-flop game is so important that the response lism is not a mistake, and in many situations may even be the best solution. Another reason why you sometimes do not need to raise, is the next item.

Less continued rates

Make less continued rates in Omaha. Your opponents almost always have somehow cluttered over the board, and in a multipote you can completely abandon bluffing accompanies.

At the distance, such dumplings will only throw money to the wind. If you made a raise with hand aa **, got 3 collers, and 875 rainbow came out, then you can not particularly count on your combination and just play the check / fold.

Overview of various starting hands

Types of hand: paired combinations

In total, Omaha has 10725 hands with a pair and 234 hands with two pairs. Thus, the likelihood of what you get on the hands of a finished pair is approximately 30.4%. Divine hands, on the contrary, rare, you will receive them only in 1% of cases.

Since in PLO you will rarely win the Schowdown, having a simple pair, your goal is always to flop set. Seth, of course, a strong hand, but it cannot be considered a monster combination, which it is in Texas Hold'em.

(premium, very strong)

(premium, very strong)

(weak aces, there is no differentty and connectedness)

You must pay attention to the following things:

• Other makes paired combinations stronger.
• Divine hands are very strong (you will fall on the flop into the set in 21% of cases).
• Small pocket pairs in PLO are very dangerous, as you will often rest in the older sets.

Types of Hand: Other

Similarity is also an important factor in Omaha. Flash draw in PLO have a very greater value. According to PLO rules, you must use exactly two cards of one suit from your starting hand and exactly three cards of the board. Accordingly, 2x2-hands, in which two cards of one suit, will be the most valuable.

So, the two-way hands are in Omaha the strongest. The probability of their arrival is approximately 13.5%.

Three-walled hands are obviously not so strong as two-mounted. More than half of the cases, or rather 75%, you will have a three-walled hand. Nevertheless, she also gives you a chance to collect a flash.

Two-male:

Threematic:

Rainbow:

A separate category is different hands, i.e. Hands in which all 4 cards of one suit. Some suited hands are weak, as, on the one hand, you yourself take the tracks on the flash, and on the other hand, the likelihood is reduced that someone from opponents will also be a flash (of course, preferably younger than yours).

Rainbow starting combinations, unfortunately, in most cases is garbage. Even if you got aa, as in the example, the playability of this hand falls very much. Almost in 10% of cases you will receive a rainbow hand.

So, you should pay attention to the following points:

• Double hands have significantly greater strength and playability.
• Three-walled hands are of great value than rainbow combinations.
• Rainbow hands are mostly garbage.
• Simple hands are also weak, as they themselves take the tracks on the flash.

Types of hand: rows

Rows are the category of hands with which you will most often deal with Omaha. They can be called the most powerful group of hands, as they have a high potential for receiving stretch and, accordingly, natasy post-thief combinations.

A row in Omaha is a start-up hand consisting of 4-related cards.

We note the following basic rules:

• Usually rows are the stronger than the older cards from which they consist. The older your cards, the greater the chances that the situation in which you will have freeroll against the junior opponent's cards will be created. In addition, the value of the older card always takes place. If you gather two pairs, in most cases it will be the older two pairs.
• Small rows often won't allow you to collect Nats.
• Small rows can be described as, first of all, speculative hands.
• Two-mounted rows are the most powerful hands, which, among other things, have the potential for receiving a flash.

With rows, such a concept as Dngler is closely connected. Dngler is a card that is not connected with the other three cards in hand and does not give you additional tracks. For example, in the hand of AKQ4, the four is Dngler, as it is in no way connected by the other three cards.

Example: Dngler

Side about side with rows are rows with a space.

Types of hand: rows with a space

A hand with a space (s) is also nearby, but, so to speak, with the pass. Depending on which part of the row is a space, at the top, in the middle or below, these hands are divided into three relevant types. The gap directly affects the likelihood with which you will receive a natas or a natus draw. The lower the space is, the stronger your hand. If the gap, on the contrary, at the beginning of the combination, then you will often get a non-tight draw.

Space at the beginning of the combination:

Space in the middle of the combination:

Space at the end of the combination:

With rows (with and without spaces), your goal is to flop the nerves.

The carriage is a hand-drawn, in which your starting cards together with a board card form a long row, as a result of which you have a lot of outs.

Hero:

Flop:

The example is clearly visible what we mean. You have 9875, and flop A64 came out. 6 and 4 on the flop fill the gaps in your hand, turning it into a long row, which gives you great amount Auts: every 3, 5, 7 or 8 give you a straight. Emails are very strong hands due to a large number of outs.

On this we finish a story about different types of hands. When choosing starting combinations It is important as follows: you always wanted your hand to form on the flop or strong finished hands, or a strong draw, or both. For example, a set with a nath flash draw, an eordex with additional flash drive, etc.

Preflop: Basic Concepts

Selection of starting hands is very important

Due to the fact that the difference in preflop-equity is much smaller, many can come to mind the idea that the location itself is more profitable, as it appears more opportunities in order to flop really strong hand, which in terms of equity is very good against the hand of the opponent.

However, this is a false conclusion, as the disadvantage in the Equity remains throughout the distribution. Suppose you are quarreled 3-bet and have 40% of the equity against the rival range. On the flop you often will still have about 40% of the Equity, and you will continue the draw, having enough sweat-oddes. The same thing on the cooler and the river. It turns out that on each of the streets you had a negative value of waiting, and they ourselves got themselves at the unprofitable situation.

Choose starting hands with mind. The solid starting range will allow you to avoid spots when freerlyt are against you.

More \u003d better

More, it means better, since you dominate, firstly, junior couple, and secondly, the younger rows. You will always have older draws, and your two pairs will be stronger than the possible two couples of the opponent. If you get along with the opponent to TRIPS, then you will have a senior kicker.

All these arguments were shown in order to prove that the raffle of Broadway cards is always preferable, especially in multipotes.

Multipote \u003d Nat's hands

In multipotes it is always important to have a draw exclusively on Nats. As already mentioned, you would not want to be freerlyl against you, i.e. In order not to make a situation when you pull the 2nd natovy flash, and someone from the opponents on the hands of the DRO on the natus flash. In PLO in multipotes, even Khi Flash-Dro is often too weak to continue the game. Remember this rule, it will save you a bunch of money!

Hedz-Up \u003d Naturant Hands can be acceptable

In Hedz-Up-banks, for example, in the Battle of the Blind or 3-Beta Bank, you should always be sure to put an opponent on Nats. Here under certain conditions, a small flash may well be better hand.

Now you may obje that all these reasoning concern the game on the flop and have nothing to do with the preflop. This is not quite like this: you must take into account all these factors already in the selection of starting hands on the preflop. When choosing a hand, you should always think about how it will play on various wilds and against certain opponents.

Unlike Texas Hold'em, novice is often difficult to choose a balanced 3-bet range. This is due to the fact that in Omaha, these the most 3-bets are truly often collible because of the reason that, on the one hand, the difference in Equity on the preflop is not so great, but on the other hand, many hands on the flop look completely different than, rather than on preflop. Accordingly, many players tend to certainly look at the flop.

As a result, it is very important to have a properly selected range of 3-beta. You must have 3-ways not only with AA **, but with a good set of strong aces, premium double kings, as well as high and low double-axis rows. Thus, your range will be balanced and disguised, so the opponent will not be able to immediately put you on any particular hand.

In the opposite situation, when you see that the opponent is 3-Betit only aa, you yourself can, in fact, play perfectly, every time I've definitely knowing his hand.

Flop:

This flop is quite unpleasant for AA **. If you know that Opponent 3-Betit is only aa, then such a board you can always attack. If the opponent has no adjacent cards on the hands of the adjacent cards, which they got well in this board (for example, the AA7, AA99), then on a strong action it will often be reset. The same applies to you. If you are 3-way only AA **, opponents will start attacking you on such floors.

If your 3-bet range in addition to AA also contains rows, the opponent can no longer bluff on this flop. If there will be a hand like JT97 or other strong rows in your 3-beta range, then you can play much more profitable to play your AA.

Multipote VS. Hedz-Axt

Hero:

Flop:

To demonstrate the importance of the selection of starting hands, we present the following example on the flop. You should always take into account your hand playability:

You decided to play the two-way J987. On the flop you, apparently, got into Nats. You have a strit and flash drive.

Many players in such a situation are ready to thoughtlessly stuff all their stack into the bank, but how, in fact, it is better to play?

Let's see your equity against some hands, which will be ready to play here with you on stack:

• Axxx with Flash Dro: 46.92%
• Set with any other cards: 54.99%
• AJXX: 27.75% (ADJD **: 0.00%)
• Set and Senior Flash Dro: 26.54%
• Seth, Senior Flash Dro and Natasy Street: 0.00%

Despite the fact that the flop looks for you just fantastic, the situation is not too pleasant. Even against relatively weak hands, such as Flash Dro, you have almost coinflip, and against stronger hands, you almost pull the insertion.

Bar size

With your strong hands, you should always make a raise. Standard raise size is ranging from 3 BB to the bank.

From time to time, you might think about playing aa ** through the LIMP / 3-BET or to play a lip / call with some speculative hand to save the bank small. This is a completely normal option. However, if you are standardly raising, you will be easier to play your hands, since you will not need to think about the balance. Try to play and so, and so to understand what kind of drawing is clearer and more comfortable.

Another very important point we have already noted above: Your range 3-bet should at least be balanced. Make 3-beta not only with AA **, but with a good set of strong aces, premium double kings, as well as high and low double rows. Thus, your range will be balanced and disguised, so the opponent will not be able to immediately put you on any particular hand.

Conclusion

From this article you learned how important the correct selection of starting hands for a successful game in PLO. Your choice is determined by much more factors than in NL Hold "EM, and much more complicated, so Chart is meaningless.

You were presented different types Hands and characteristic features, on the basis of which you can judge the quality of the starting hand.

In addition, you saw what the drawing of banks against one and several opponents differ.

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Pot-Limit Omaha: starting hands

Regardless of your style of the game, in Pot Limit Omaha, your success will largely depend on the starting hands that you decide to play. Since you twice passed the same number of cards as in the Hold "EM, you must play hands with the highest possible Equity. Your opponents will have a pair or combo draw. If you do not have such combinations, you are at a disadvantage, and So hope you are only for good luck.

The top 30 start-up hands in Omaha looks like this:

1. A-A-K-K	11. K-Q-J-T	21. Q-Q-A-K
2. A-A-J-T	12. K-K-T-T	22. Q-Q-A-J
3. A-A-Q-Q	13. K-K-A-Q	23. Q-Q-A-T
4. A-A-J-J	14. K-K-A-J	24. Q-Q-K-J
5. A-A-T-T	15. K-K-A-T	25. Q-Q-K-T
6. A-A-9-9	16. K-K-Q-J	26. Q-Q-J-T
7. A-A-X-X	17. K-K-Q-T	27. Q-Q-J-9
8. J-T-9-8	18. K-K-J-T	28. Q-Q-9-9
9. K-K-Q-Q-Q	19. Q-Q-J-J	29. J-J-T-T
10. K-K-J-J	20. Q-Q-T-T	30. J-J-T-9

* All Top-30 hands should be a suite bundle.

As you have already noticed, just like in Hold'em, big pairs still have a lot of velu. The only difference is the need to have a possible radar. Therefore, the A-A-J-T of two masses is the second best hand, ahead of the two-axis AA-QQ. Here J-T has a greater potential than QQ. It is extremely important to understand how the equity distribution occurs in Omaha's starting hands. In Hold'em, the starting hand number 1 (A A ♠) has 83% of the equity on the preflop compared to the second hand (K K ♠).

In Omaha, the victory of the best starting hand (A A ♠ K k ♠) against the second best hand (A ♦ A ♣ T ♦ J ♣) is only 33% (draw - 41%). In Omaha, the likelihood of winning the first best starting hand against the second best is 6%, while in Hold'em, this figure is 66%. The lower the list will be an start-up hand in Omaha, the greater the advantage of AA-KK will have over it. If you compare A A A ♠ K k ♠ and k ♦ k ♣ j ♦ J ♣, then A A ♠ K K ♠ will have a 69% chance of victory. Although these 39% And a huge breakthrough compared with the above mentioned 6%, if you make a comparison in Hold'em (the first starting hand A ♣ A against the tenth A ♦ T ♦), A ♣ A has a huge advantage of 73%.

howequityinfluencesonyou

This somewhat wrinkled equity distribution in Omaha is distributed to players who rarely have an advantage over their opponents. There will be infrequent situations when you have more than 60% of the Equity in the Heds-Age, as Equity has a property of a grand fall with each additional player in the distribution. This means that Omaha get an advantage is still possible. So, the game for the winner player can be both failed and profitable. Even the winning player will suffer from extreme swells. It can be guessing what size of the dispersion can be expected in Omaha easily, imagining the game in Hold'em, where you every time went to all-in in the preflop of each distribution, having a-k on the hands, and your opponent was collided with Q-T. Even if your hand is stronger, and you are sure of victory, Q-T has a 34% chance of winning, that is, your opponent will win the bank in third cases. This will lead your session to an imminent large dispersion.

It is very difficult to get into the flop in Omaha, where you will have more than 60% of Equity to win. There is a lot of opportunities for DRO to be in a favorable situation. For this reason, success in Omaha requires a player following the following three strategies:

1. Careful choice of starting hands. You can not afford to play with starting hands, originally put you at a disadvantage regarding your opponent. In the postflop too difficult to improve its position.
2. Velu Bet. It rarely happens to have a big advantage in Omaha, however, if you managed it - remove the maximum venera.
3. Minimize losses. The first priority is the minimum of losing, the maximum win.

In Omaha without a dispersion, the game is simply impossible, so instead of fighting her, you need to make it work for you. It is necessary to do everything that in your power so that these inevitable downswings become negligible, and adstrics are cool and long. Each lost opportunity to extract venel to allow your downstream to make their contribution to your results in the long run.

Ray on Preflop

Some players questioned the relevance of the raise on the preflop in PLO, as they think that if you have, at best, there is a slight advantage, then besides increasing the dispersion, it will not give you anything. Technically, this opinion is justified, however, it is detrily for the game. Rais on Preflop will increase the variance, as you will deal with more serious sweats. But if you have a hand with Edge , it doesn't matter how small it is, it will have a certain impact on the subsequent increase in the size of your winnings. The more money you make pay your opponent when you have any advantage in Equity, the more you earn in the game. You simply can't miss the opportunity to remove the velu, having a leading position by Equity . It will cost you a lot of money.

Last Council for beginners

If you just learn to the game or just want to restore your funds in Omaha, all you should do is just play the best starting hands. Any combination of Top-30 is very strong, even if it is not suited. Hands outside the top 30 list that I could recommend this 4-weeis connectors , such as 8-9-T-J. Such hands, as a rule, will be either very strong on the flop, or very weak, so, playing with them you can make rude mistakes. Once you start playing weaker hands in Omaha, such as A K ♠ 4 ♣ T ♣, you risk start playing . Competent opponents will read a qualitatively game that's why you will be hard enough to play similar arms in Omaha. The weak and marginal hands from your game, and then you will achieve success in Omaha in the shortest possible time.

Recently, it seems there is no game more popular than Omaha. Hold'em lovers throw their pathetic two cards, they want to have four and even more opportunities in their hands ...

Pot-limit Omaha: what hands are better?

Understanding this general trend in the poker world, we decided to give you several practical advice, how to start playing in Omaha. We will say, of course, from starting hands. Regardless of your style, success in Omaha largely depends on what hands you decide to enter the bank.

Since compared to Hold'em, you have twice more cardsYou must play hands that can bring the greatest valve. It is important that all four of your cards take part in the game - this can give an advantage. It is important to remember that four cards not only have you, but also from your rivals - they will, respectively, have two times more steam, well, the number of draw-combinations in such a situation will grow at all. If you in your game will rely on for common sense, but only for good luck - it will go / does not go - it is better to just give your money to rivals, you yourself do something more interesting ...

Here are the top 30 starting hands in Omaha as power descends:

A-A-K-K * A-A-J-10 A-A-Q-Q A-A-J-J A-A-10-10 A-A-9-9 A-A-X-X J-10-9-8 K-K-Q-Q K-K-J-J

11. K-Q-J-10 12. K-K-10-10 13. K-K-A-Q 14. K-K-A-J 15. K-K-A-10 16. K-K-Q-J 17. K-K-Q-10 18. K-K-J-10 19. Q-Q-J-J 20. Q-Q-10-10

21. Q-Q-A-K 22. Q-Q-A-J 23. Q-Q-A-10 24. Q-Q-K-J 25. Q-Q-K-10 26. Q-Q-J-10 27. Q-Q-J-9 28. Q-Q-9-9 29. J-J-10-10 30. J-J-10-9

* Of course, we are talking About the hands when you control two suit at once. If in such combinations you have more than two texts or three cards of one suit, the power of such a hand drops sharply, as it eliminates the ability to collect on the flash board.

As you can see, the value of senior couples in Omaha is not less large than in Hold'em. And the only difference is that you need to take into account the possibilities for a variety of DRO combinations, which in Omaha happening much more often. That is why, for example, A-A-J-10 is considered to be the best hand than A-A-Q-Q. After all, by obtaining J-10 instead of Q-Q, you have more opportunities. Well, the aces they are in Africa ame.

It is very important to understand how the equity is distributed in Omaha's starting hands. So, in Hold'em A-a stand against K-K as 82% against 18%. In Omaha, the hand A A A A ♠ K K ♠ has only 33% for victory against the second hand A ♦ A ♣ 10 ♦ J ♣, where 41% will go to a possible section of the bank. You will have only a miserable hand with a better hand with a strongest hand against the second hand. And in Hold'em - 66%!

If you compare your arms from the top half of the list from the bottom, then the ratio is already familiar to Holder, as with the aces against kings in Hold'em.

If you compare A A ♠ K k ♠ with K ♦ K ♣ J ♦ J ♣, you will get 69% for the best hand. Although 39% are much more than 6% in the previous example, but all this does not matter any comparison with Holdem, where the strongest hand A-A There will be 73% against the 10th hand A ♦ 10 ♦. These relationships should be clearly understood.

How does Eviti affect your solutions?

Similar "wrapping" of the absolute advantage of the best hands over average gives a wider range for players' actions during the draw. Rarely when, being one on one, you will have more than 60% for victory. And, of course, the more opponents will remain in the bank, the less will be your advantage!

This means that in Omaha, the role of the Somo player is increasing, what he does and how the starting hands are playing ... You can win in Omaha, but you have to be ready for swings, both in that and the other way: two aces are not here Always give a victory.

The dispersion will be much higher than in Hold'em. For example, you are ready to go preflop all-in with A-K, realizing that in 34% of cases you will lose random hand. And in Omaha, this will happen completely and beside, even if suddenly assume that you wonderfully all the time will receive all the time card A-A-X-X.

It's hard to believe in it, but this is exactly what!

Another problem of Omaha is that it is very difficult to get into the flop so that it gives you more than 60% for victory. To suddenly happen, there should be a lot of circumstances. But 60% on the flop is not yet a victory! Any player in Omaha will tell you that if there were no Rivera, he won millions into it. Too often everything turns away from the head to the feet, and the favorite loses.

These circumstances make you adhere to three strategies:

1. Thoroughly choose starting hands. You cannot afford to play with random cards, it will constantly put you at a disadvantage compared to opponents. And certainly you will suit very few flops.
2. Carefully do good rates. In most cases, Valu Beta in Omaha will be useless, and if you are doing them, then put surely.
3. Minimize losses. In Omaha, it is extremely important not to "wear" and not to go to the end, without haraaled by NATA. You can smoke!

As you already, probably, understood: it is impossible to fight dispersion in Omaha. You need to make the dispersion worked for you. You need to make that the mistakes you were going to do, did your opponents, and you sat in the ambush and patiently waited for situations from which you can benefit ...

Only just learning to play at a minimum and collect the Valu with Natsami, you can play Omaha in a plus on a long distant. Otherwise, you will have to seriously engage in latching holes in your bankroll after Omaha.

Preflop thinking in Omaha

Some players believe that they must always raise rates when they have a preflop advantage. Even if the advantage is small, it is necessary to make the enemy dropping the card or went to his unprofitable comparison. This is generally the right point of view, but it strongly depends on rivals and from the game. Rays on the preflop will necessarily increase the dispersion, as there will be more money in the draw. If your hand is strong, it will give an advantage at the distance.

The more often you will overclock the bank with a strong hand, the more you will put your opponents before you choose and the more your winnings will be able to pick up the bank without interference or having obtained a strong combination. Afraid? Then this game is not for you. You must enjoy any situation when you have a strong hand on the preflop, regardless of what falls on the flop ...

If you just learn Omahah, do not rush to vary your game, spend some kind of complex plans or desperately bluffing with a weak hand. Start with the fact that you will learn to win with natsa. Take our table and forward. Even if you get these hands not two texts (as I would like ideally), you will most likely find yourself in the upper half of Equity and with my minimum 39% for victory.

And to play with more weak hands, we would not recommend you at first. Let's say you went to the flop with an average "nearby", got a lot of Dro on the flop, but ... just do not know what to do with them, and as a result you will lose your entire stack. As you understood, make a mistake in Omaha much easier than in Hold'em, and the farther, the larger and more expensive there will be these mistakes. Learn to restrain yourself. Until!

Start with the fact that you will stop angry moving, you will feel comfortable in the game. Only then, gradually, start expanding the range of hands and techniques that will be applied on the following streets. The main thing is to control yourself, let's notify Azart to take possession of yourself. Remember, in Omaha easily lose your head ...

Often become the basis of profitable trading. They will protect you from the sweat draw with marginal cards, and also save your stack.

Consider an example when the best starting hands in Texas Hold'em are key.

Your hand to ♣ T ♠, on the table to 8 ♠ 2 ♦. You have two kings - top steam. Your rival bets, and you are responsible with a collapse. On the Turn Dealer distributes 4 ♠. The player puts again, and you support Beth. On the river comes 7 ♣, to which the opponent continues the game by the bid. You are equalized with a couple of kings, hoping to get a bank, but on Showdowna it turns out that the player K ♦ q ♣. With the same combination in Texas poker, the winner will decide on the kick. In this case, the winnings will receive an opponent with the card higher in rank, that is, the lady.

The case described is often found quite often, but this error can be avoided, if you guide the list above and choose only strong starting hands in Texas Hold'em. Top steam is a good combo in the tournament or for the cache table, but it is not necessary to exclude the likelihood of the appearance of a similar combination with a strong kicker from another player.

Having considered the starting hands in Texas poker, we turn to another poker discipline - Omaha.

Started hands in Omaha

The number of start-up card combinations in Omaha is 270275, and most hands to the flop, unlike Hold'em, has no significant differences. Choosing relatively strong starting hands in Omaha poker, you will not have a big advantage even over weak players.

Speaking about hand playback, it is worth considering the following features of poker discipline:

• More chances of hitting board - the best starting hands in Omaha are played out on many floors, having every chance for drawing up DRO or ready-made combo. The main recommendation is reduced to the choice of full-fledged starting hands without Dnglers (this is the term that is used in the Omaha game, denoting the card, which spoils the quality of the starters and does not help in creating a finished combination).
• Unambiguity. The best starting hands in Omaha have two outcome - they fall either not fall into board. Therefore, on the flop you will immediately understand whether the pocket cards should be played further or it is better to part with them.
• Nat's potential of starting hands in Omaha poker is the promising of your pockets to collect the strongest combinations.

As in Hold'em, in Omaha, it is worth considering the position. Having received information on the actions of their opponents, in late position you have the opportunity to play not only strong starting hands in the Omaha poker, but also a wider range of hands. Noticing that one of the players showed weakness on the flop or postflop, you can intentionally respond to the opponent's bet, without having a strong hand. Similar effect in poker is called a floot.

Chances of starting hands in poker

At the first stage of distribution, each player receives two pocket cards. A deck for playing classic poker consists of 52 cards. Considering this, it is possible to calculate the total number of starters - 52x51 / 2 \u003d 1326, as well as the likelihood of a certain pocket pair by formula - 4x3 / 2 \u003d 6. Based on the likelihood of starting hands in poker, specific pockets will come to you 1 time on 221 distribution - 6/1326 \u003d 1: 221. And since in the game with a deck of 52 cards you can collect only 13 pocket cards, any pocket couple It will be your every 17 distribution - 221/13 \u003d 17.

To more accurately determine the likelihood of starting hands in poker, you need to take into account the suit. For example, any two cards of different advantages can be obtained by 16 different options (suited and dying). Get two cards of one suit will succeed with a probability of 23.5%, and the chances of starting hands in