Sunday, September 20, 2009

Know More About Pot Limit Omaha Poker Part 1: What To Do On Pre-flop

By Joan Carmela Ruegg

It has been stated on the first part of this series that PLO tends to have a relatively close starting hand in terms of value. Due to this it is not advisable to bet a big portion of your stack except if you have a superior hand like the AAxx. You need to follow this because things can change instantly once the flop hits the board.

When you are fortunate to have a strong hand then you'll want to raise but don't place over 10% of your stack pre-flop. But if you have an AAxx hand or a steady KK/QQ then you can make an exemption especially if you have a double suited hand or two Broadway cards.

With these hands you can bet less than 10% of your stack or probably bet more than 50%.

Reasons in Less Than 10% Bet

Betting less than 10% of your own stack to the pot will ensure you won't lose a lot when the flop is not that good with your hands. For instance, you are playing in $100 buy-in PLO game and you have a hole card of AsKsJdQc which is a strong hand.

If the flop turned out to be A, J and Q which is not the same suited card as yours - you can bet $7 which is not a bad stack to loss if ever you gave up your hand.

And if the pot is opened to $7 and there are two players calling and you re-raise it with $38; then at the turn you got a gut-shot straight or a full house to split the pot. The pot at that moment can be as high as $200 for your $68 call.

Betting 20%-40% of your stack before the flop is suicide in PLO.

Gambling more than 50%

On the other hand, if you possess a strong hand of AAxx or KK/QQ, you may want the pot heads-up and you need to have enough to bet a 50% pot flop bet which will eventually lead the others to fold until you're head to head with one opponent.

Then if you're already heads-up with someone it will be your job to raise and re-raise the pot till the turn or river till the other player gives up. Don't worry about getting head to head until the end because you have a pretty strong starting card to begin with which gives you advantage.

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