Omaha Poker Strategy Hi Lo

Look at your cards, look at other players and be tight, what else is there to know about strategy? Not quite. There are tons of big and tiny strategy tips and pieces of smart advice that are never too early to learn. You do need to thoroughly read and learn them if you want to enter the world of Omaha scary sharks and still more to become one.
Omaha Hi/Lo is the kind of game that thrills you, sends shivers down your spine, and then makes you scream with excitement as the showdown draws nearer. That is why people play poker, right?

Money matters
The aim if the game is to get a sure winner on one side of the pot and make a good shot at the other side. Remember that there is always a high hand winner, but not necessarily the low hand one. We do stress it here so much, because the difference means money. The pot in Omaha Hi/Lo splits between the high and low winning hands. If no one is qualifying for the low hand, the whole pot goes to the owner of the best high hand possible. Note that the main condition for the low hand to be present in the game is that at least three community cards out of the five possible should be eight or lower.

A2 strikes again
Sure, we do agree that A2 is certainly a strong hand, but do not get overexcited when you get it, especially accompanied by, let’s say, 6 and 10 off suit. Most players when they see A2 in their own hands jump with sincere joy and excitement, thinking that fortune just turned its friendly face on them and smiled. They immediately raise and try not to show how happy they are. With a hand described above you would need to catch a very favorable flop. A-2-6-10 is drawing for the low only and there is the danger of getting quartered (get half of the low pot), which may actually cost you money, rather than earn you some.

Omaha Hi/Lo not Texas Hold’em
Remember what game you are playing. It is Omaha Hi/Lo, not Texas Hold’em. It is so easy to get confused and think that you have a nut hand, when it is actually nothing special. Put less value on big hands like AA,K,Q. Yes, it is a very strong hand, yes you should almost always play it. But if the turn already hit and you only have your aces, fold.
Study your own cards closely and get as much information on Omaha starting hands and rules as you only can.

Study your opponents
As in other Hold’em games it is of core importance to watch how other players behave. Are they mumbling something or probably smiling quietly? Watch for tells and use them when choosing how to act, and do not forget to play tight. Do not go on playing the most bizarre hands ever, fold if your hand is not a sure winner.