Omaha Poker Strategy
This was published 09-08-2010In this article, we will take a look at recommended starting hands for playing Omaha poker. Follow these recommended starting hands to ensure you don’t get into trouble or get confused about whether to continue playing or not.
Let’s first mention that you should always stick with a hand that contains more than one Ace. A pair of aces starting hand is terrific. Other hands like As Ad Ks Kd are also great. When you have the best of 2 pair, your hand can only get better as you continue to play. You can get a flush hand in spades or diamonds or achieve one of the possible highest straights there is.
Let’s compare this hand to one which has As-Ad-9h-5c. This hand is better than most other hands except those who have a pair of aces. It does not have flush or straight potential and can just flop 1 set instead of 2 and can easily be outdone by your opponents. Having said this, it’s still important to raise when you have a hand like this. You can still improve this hand as the game continues.
Other good pair of aces hands would include two aces and two queens, two aces and two jacks, two aces and two tens and two aces and two nines. In fact, you can be happy with just about any hand that contains two aces. If the aces are the same suit as one or two of your other hands, this is an even better bet.
Hands that contain two kings or two kings are also good starting hands. It has almost the same quality has a hand with two aces. You are looking for another big pair with the two kings or two queens. This means that if you have two kings and two queens, it will put you in a better position than if you had two kings and two nines.
Wrap poker hands can also be very strong, especially the double suited J T 9 8 hand. Look out for double suited hands that are better than those with similar cards that are single suited, and even better than those that are unsuited.
