There is no such thing as absolutely low starters since in some situations they can form high combination. Many players do not pay attention to positions when they have low starters during the pre-flop and they raise regardless of their position. This common mistake is done because: •    Most of the flops give the strongest low starters nuts low or nuts low draw. •    In most of the cases this starter is going to take half of the pot. •    This starter can take the whole pot if together with ...
September 5th, 2009
Starters, good for both high and low combinations are to be played aggressively no matter what is the position and how aggressive are the opponents. The only problem here is that many players evaluate their hands as mixed when they are not. The problem with high starters is much more complicated.  These are the starters good either for nuts-high or for nuts-low combination. High starters High starters are something absolutely real. These are hands which cannot form a low-combination. We can say that there are two types of high ...
July 26th, 2009
Omaha High /Low is a game where bluff and semi-bluff are almost not possible – actually, in most of the cases they are impossible. But in Omaha Hi/Lo you can get info about your opponent hands if you take into consideration the positions. Based on the potential of the hands, we can divide them into three categories: highb potential, low potential and mixed (high and low) potential hands.
June 24th, 2009
In early position everything seems to be absolutely different and you can beat the position disadvantage only with very strong starting hand. This is why in order to understand how important is the position in Omaha Hi/Lo, you have to understand first what is the very nature of this game. So, what is the point? In short, the point is to win the high and the low pot together. At first, this seems to be very easy to achieve. But the real donors to a good player ...
May 14th, 2009
In any community card poker game, the position of the player is changing clockwise and has to be taken into serious consideration. For Texas hold’em, this is an absolute truth but for Omaha, especially for Omaha Hi/Lo there are different, even contradictory opinions. But how important is the position in Omaha Hi/Lo actually? It is strange but there is no one opinion on this matter among the poker players. Some say that in Omaha the position is not that important as it is in Texas hold’em. Others ...
April 22nd, 2009