How not to suck in the Omaha high forum

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FAQ

Q: Are there any other good Web sites with Omaha info?

A: Google

Q: How are the games at X site compared to Y site?

A: Omaha games have a relatively small base of consistent players and a lot of short-time donators. Therefore, this question is a fruitless one to ask. There are not that many sites: just check them out.

Q: What B&M Cardrooms regularly spread Omaha High?

These types of questions may get better responses in the B&M forum.

Q: Help me with Poker Track Omaha?

A: No. Google pokertracker and go to their forums to ask questions.

Q: How are my Poker Tracker stats?

A: Impossible to tell. This isn't limit hold em and your stats aren't going to mean much. Post hands instead. If you want to brag about your results, please go Here.

Q: Preflop starting hand chart?

A: There are numerous excellent threads about starting hand requirements. The search function is your friend. There is a lot of disagreement in this area so you will not find any clear answers. Tighter players like to play hands where all four cards work together (e.g. AKQJ single-suited, 9876 double-suited), maybe 3-card hands with a dangler (e.g. JT94ds) and “dry” big pairs for set value only in position (e.g. QQ42 rainbow). Looser players will have much wider ranges pre-flop and attempt to rely on their post-flop skills to keep from getting sucked into big pots with second best hands.

Q: I’m playing a PLO/LOH freeroll in 10 minutes and I’ve never played before. WHAT DO I DO?

A: Figure out what the nuts is and only draw to that. This Might Help

Q: Converter?

A: Two Plus Two Forums have a built in converter powered by DeucesCracked.com at the top the the "Post New Thread" window. Click the double up arrow next to "Click to expand:"

Q: How come this FAQ doesn’t have a detailed outline of how to play PLO?

A: 2+2 isn’t big on lengthy forum FAQs with lots of strategy. It is suggested that you use the forum and other resources such as books, web sites and playing bazillions of hands to learn how to play PLO or Limit Omaha High.

Q: What is expected of me as a poster?

A: Keep low content material to a minimum, and make sure it is kept in the appropriate "low content" thread. Also, don’t circumvent the profanity filter or post spam or pornography.

Q: What is a nut-peddler?

A: A nut-peddler is a tight poker player who only invests a lot of his stack when he either has the nuts, the nuts with even nuttier redraws, or massive draws to the nuts. It is purported that nut-peddlers can make a consistent earn playing small stakes PLO. However, in responding to hand posts, even if you are a nut-peddler, it is suggested you try and think about what the most optimal play may be and consider player reads and table dynamics. It does not further much analytical discussion to share what you would do while playing sixteen $0.25/0.50 tables online.

Q: Am playing correctly if I lose my stack with top boat vs. quads?

A: Yes. Unless the stacks are gigantic it is highly unlikely you will come away from this encounter with your stack intact.

Q: Are you folks always this surly?

A: For whatever reason Omaha players tend to be cranky. You’ll get used to it and please don’t take anything too personally. It is, after-all, just an anonymous internet forum.



Some frequently used acronyms are as follows:

PLO (pot-limit Omaha High only)
LO (limit Omaha High only)
O/8 (limit Omaha high/low eight or better)
EP (early position)
MP (middle position)
LP (late position)
B (button)
CO (cut-off)
UTG (under the gun)
BB (big blind or big bet depending on context)
SB (small blind, occasionally small bet depending on context)
BTP (Bet The Pot)
TTP (Top Two Pair)
AI (all-in)
NFD (Nut Flush Draw)
C/R (Check Raise)
ds (double suited. i.e. 9876ds)
ss (single suited. i.e. 9876ss)
r (rainbow. i.e. AAJTr)


Omaha Glossary

Backup - To have a secondary draw to go with your primary draw.

Bare - A hand with no improvers, like a bare two pair or the bare nut straight.

Blockers - Key cards in your hand that make it unlikely your opponent has the nuts.

Dangler - A card that does not work in concert with your other three starting cards.

Double-Suited - A had with two sets of suited cards, thus two flush possibilities.

Dry Ace Bluff - A bet representing the nut flush when there are three flush cards on the board and you have only the ace of that suite in your hand.

Gapper - A four card rundown with a gap in it such as 9875. There is also the double gapper such as 9864, and the two-gapper such as 9854.

Inside Wrap - A 9-card straight draw, such as QJTx on a flop of K92.

Redraws - A draw to a bigger hand when you already have a make hand.

Rundown - A starting hand with four sequential cards, like 9876.

Sucker Wrap - A wrap-around straight draw with mostly non-nut outs.

Warparound - A straight draw bigger than the standard eight-card straight draws common in other forms of poker.



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