Hi Guys,
was going through some old files and found my notes taken from a couple of years ago whilst starting to learn PL Omaha strategy. The following notes taken from studying on one of the leading sites. I only subbed for about a month as I had some financial difficulties and could no longer commit to the subscription. I highly recommend you check out such sites / check reviews out for them , and sign up if you can afford the investment. I cant see a way to attach files here so might be along one.. hopefully will help newbies understand a bit more about GTO Omaha concepts , to help you out with understanding of the game;
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Omaha 6 max Strategy
VS Preflop 3 bet
IN position: Call the worst aces 28% of the time vs person 3 betting GTO ranges (or a reg we want to balance against) and slow play. If villain never folds to 4 bet we can disregard this and 4 bet aces 100%.
OOP 4 bet AA XX 100%
DS hands should be called much more than SS hands.
Pairs need strong connectivity /additional components to call a 3 bet , Double suited or extremely connected if SS (AAJT SS /KQJT SS). Triple suited hands should be folded.
SS Hands suited to A high are called but not 4 bet- must have some connectivity as well as the suit. If not suited to the A then we fold to 3 bet.
DS Rundowns and Big pairs with Ace side card can be 4 bet and call a 5 bet. (JT97 DS, AJJT DS , AKK3 DS, QJT8 DS / Any 4 connected Card DS hands.
Do not 4 bet disconnected DS hands/ DO NOT 4 bet even connected SS hands ( AKK5 SS, AKQJ SS, JT98 SS, 7766 DS)- call these hands when 3 bet.
Defending Big Blind
BTN V BB GTO Fold frequencies:
PLO 50- 63% Fold
PLO 200 - 60% Fold
PLO 2000 – 54% fold
Defend BB Vs 1 player
Account for open raise frequency of villain- are we dominated by his range?
C bet frequency of villain-does he c bet a lot? /does he have exploitative tendencies- (folds to 3 bet too much/ folds to c bet)
Do not worry about over folding marginal hands in BB.
3 betting is the best counter to a wide bb opening range- 3 bet more but no need to widen our calling range to exploit villain, as they are calling 3 bets too wide as well.
Expand 3 bet range to include unsuited A high premium hands (AKQT)- QK SUITED
Avoid suited aces with no good side components (no high or connected side cards)
Realise ability matters more than nuttiness vs 1 player, disconnected hands are no good, connected hands are more important than suits vs opponents stealing at GTO frequencies.
FOLD DISCONNECRTED MID-LOW DS PAIRS and connected mid low pairs, fold DS pairs when they have no good side cards.
Defend BB Vs multiple players
Advantage to BB play is we act last and know exactly how many players are in the pot- we can calibrate our range perfectly (more nutted hands vs multiple villains).
The more players in the pot the more nutted hands /more realise ability we need- the less players in the hand the smoother and less nutted we can be
Fold low card/disconnected unpaired DS hands (A632,A732,A832,A762)
Fold High suit low suit hand (A8 SUITED WITH 32 SUITED, AK 32 , AJ97,A49T)
We need connectivity to call DS high low Suit hands (AQ/32, AK/32,AJ/97, A4/9T)
BB Squeezing (2 or more players already in pot)
Key components of a squeeze hand : DS, ACE BLOCKER, CONNECTED, NUTTED (our hand needs 2 or more of these to qualify)
Include some ten or Jack high DS rundowns in our squeezing range for board coverage (JT87,JT97,T876,97T6)
Do not squeeze low DS rundowns
Squeeze DS connected hands with 1 or no gaps, but call similar hands with bigger gaps:
Call: (A245,A463,A484,A965 DS)
Squeeze: A574, A456,A765,A897,A876 DS )
Always assess villains call ranges before squeezing, they may be very tight and we will value own ourselves with a squeeze.
C-betting in position
Biggest mistake is to c bet too many medium strength hands
If villain c bets 60% or more they are vulnerable to floats and check raises, as they are too weak too often to call a CR, and so weak on value they cannot call a bet when they check to us in position.
We need to begin bluffs on the flop in order to reach river with enough bluffs, otherwise we are too value heavy by the river and exploitable to a thinking opponent.
We balance the above by checking medium hands, betting top made hands and hands containing blockers, and folding hands with no equity and no blockers.
Do not over c bet overpairs on wet boards with no future blockers
Do not over c bet on dry boards either- this is exploitable as a thinking opponent will CR raise us with blockers and make us fold, as our range is too obvious.
Do not build pots with hands that cannot stand a flop CR (Hands with no chance of future improvement on later streets- check these back and hope to gain more equity.
Check back top pair on dry boards (QQ98 on 742 Rainbow)- c betting too often leaves us open to CR by thinking opponent who sees that we always c bet on dry boards.
Always bet top 2 pairs on wet and dry flops
Do not bet medium strength draws without future blockers (open ender with no blockers/no redraws) (board A983 DS, We would check back Q76 Hands, but bet Q983) as we have some outs to trips and Full houses / more equity when called)
Look at villain’s fold vs probe stats- abuse if possible by leading
Check back top and bottom pair hands on wet boards if we have no blockers
Check dry bottom 2 pairs even on dry boards if we have no future blockers
Blockers are key to bluffing, pair and straight blockers especially important.
Holding even a bare blocker means we would c bet twice as often as when we do not hold one
Consider straight and pair blockers – do not bluff without blockers.
Look at villains fold vs probe bet
Pair and straight blockers are key on rainbow boards (holding even a bare blocker means that we can bet twice as often than when we have no blockers –e.g K97 Rainbow- we have TT in our hand- we bet/bluff
Do not bet air without future blockers- (villain has less CR hands in his range when we block!)
Facing a c bet OOP in single raised pots
OPTIONS: check raise, check fold/check call
Check Raising
We need additional backdoor outs or blockers to check raise - if not then we check back medium strength hands with no redraws/blockers. E.G: flop: AsJd,3s, we have AxKxJs2s or we have AJT2 (no flush draw)- we would CR the 2 pair+Flush draw hand, and Check back the bare 2 pair and assess turn.
Check call Mid set on Flush draw boards – CR only if we have additional equity /future blockers.
Wraps are much stronger on rainbow boards
Check call pairs with big kickers/backdoors or blockers
Check fold bare top pair with medium kickers
If we don’t have backdoors or blockers we don’t CR!
Single raised pots- Playing OOP as the preflop raiser (e.g we raise co, Button calls)
C betting OOP too much is a mistake
Consider checking back our entire range on all flops in single raised pots when OOP.
Run outs affect OOP players much more than IP- OOP . We should not bloat the pot on flops with many bad run outs for our hand, or our range.
We must balance this Check back range by including some of the strongest hands in our check back range and Check raising them.
When we have a low c bet frequency we should have a much higher Check raising frequency
Beware of low rundown boards, suited boards and queen high boards
C bet more on rainbow boards as there are less scary run outs for us.
Check back more flush boards-even when we have a flush draw
Beware K and J high boards as KK and JJ is often in villains calling range when facing EP raisers.
We check much more on wet boards because the nuts change from street to street much more often than on rainbow boards.
We should check back 90% when OOP. Possibly 100% to simplify this
Lead occasionally on very favourable flops (big hand, big draw,big blockers or future blockers)
Check Raising OOP reduces SPR and therefore minimises our risk as we can bloat the pot and reduce the number of streets we play OOP- by going all in on Turn.
We pot more OOP and bet ½ pot more in position as we want to play more streets IP and less streets OOP (Opposite of Check raising OOP for the opposite reason). We also keep dominated draws in villains range by doing this with our best sets and draws.
To lead OOP we need good side cards/blockers or good possible run outs.
On draw heavy boards we need top set or a big draw or blockers to warrant a check raise.
When we have a low c bet frequency our check raise frequency should be higher
C bet more on rainbow boards as there are less run outs to be wary of
Check more on flush boards
Beware K and J high boards when cold called- KK and JJ is in villains range more often in this spot.
We pot more oop and bet ½ pot more ip- as we want to play more streets IP and keep dominated hands in our opponents range.
Leading hands oop must have good side cards/blocker/future equity
On draw heavy boards we need top set or a big flush draw /blockers to check raise.
C bet-strong hands that can bet multiple streets or hands stacked with blockers that can bet multiple streets.
Check call-hands with showdown value or future SD value but do not want to build the pot. Check call turn determined hands like back door straight and flush draws that have good potential SD Value.
Check raise strong hands that want to go all in on the flop and also bluff hands that have great stacked blockers vs opponents continuing range (nut flush blocker/top pair blocker)
Single raised pots playing IP
C Bet polarised IP- (STONG HANDS/STRONG BLOCKERS) / Check back medium strength hands / check back when we have strong hand but block opponents continuing range.
Take stabs when checked to by players with + 60% c bet frequency- they bet too many medium strength hands which leaved the check range weak and vulnerable to stabs.
4 bet Guidelines
4 bet all AA OOP when 100 bbs or less deep
Call AA OOP 100 bbs deep vs good opponents
4 bet bluff high equity A high dbl suited hands OOP.
4 bet less IP
4 Bet J high or better run downs OOP
Ace blocker hands do good as 4 bets due to blocking AA
Don’t bluff 4 bet villains who don’t fold to 4 bet!
Leading OOP
Lead into players with low c bet frequencies with stongest hands and strongest blocker bluffs
Check raise players who c bet too much (+60%)
Post flop hand reading thought process
What is the context? (spr, position, no. of players in pot)
Which players range connects with the flop best?
What should I do with my hand and why?
Post flop work
1.spot areas where I am weak vs GTO recommended ranges on the spreadsheet.
2. Filter 20 or more situations in hm2 where we did not play GTO.
3. Review how I played these marginal hands or non opens compared to the chart recommendations- is my pre flop calibration correct?
Restealing SB vs Button
There are 7 board textures to consider, we will adjust our betting frequency and sizing depending on this.
Flop Type
1. Ace high flops with no possible straight and are not monotone
bet 100%, 1/3rd pot on dry, 1/2 pot on wet boards.
2.Broadway (2 broadway cards)
bet 70% +, bet bigger on wet boards but less often (30%), bet 1/3rd pot on dry boards 100%
3. Mid/low wet board (t85 ss, 873 ss)
bet 40-60% of the time, only bet large with stong hands or stong blockers
4. Mid/Low Dry (j73, 873 rainbow)
bet pot 100%- these boards hit neither range so we are denying equity with a pot size bet
5. Paired
bet 100% 1/3 rd pot on all boards. lower/connected paired boards are better for villain. Higher boards better for us.
6. Straight (764 ,a53)
check full range or bet small 1/3rd pot if higher card straight is out
7. Monotone
bet 20-40%, bet small on ace high and broadways, check back more on low boards
Key concepts
Identify the board texture, c bet high boards more frequently and when neither range hits the flop hard, c bet full range on ace high boards.
Broadway turns (can make a straight)
C Bet frequently but use 2 sizings: 1/3rd pot and full pot
check only the most nutted hands (sets with straight plus nut flush re draw)
check with worst top sets with no redraw
bet 1/3rd pot with redraws or when blocking villains continuing range
bet 1/3rd pot when we can call a shove (trips with nut flush redraw)
pot with dry made hands with no redraw (we need protection) top sets etc
when we hold straight blocking pocket pairs on broadway turns
check and give up the worst with no redraw
bet small planning to fold to a shove with blockers with medium re draws
pot with equity hands that will call a shove(nut flush redraw)
Restealing SB vs Button
There are 7 board textures to consider, we will adjust our betting frequency and sizing depending on this.
Flop Type
1. Ace high flops with no possible straight and are not monotone
bet 100%, 1/3rd pot on dry, 1/2 pot on wet boards.
2.Broadway (2 broadway cards)
bet 70% +, bet bigger on wet boards but less often (30%), bet 1/3rd pot on dry boards 100%
3. Mid/low wet board (t85 ss, 873 ss)
bet 40-60% of the time, only bet large with stong hands or stong blockers
4. Mid/Low Dry (j73, 873 rainbow)
bet pot 100%- these boards hit neither range so we are denying equity with a pot size bet
5. Paired
bet 100% 1/3 rd pot on all boards. lower/connected paired boards are better for villain. Higher boards better for us.
6. Straight (764 ,a53)
check full range or bet small 1/3rd pot if higher card straight is out
7. Monotone
bet 20-40%, bet small on ace high and broadways, check back more on low boards
Key concepts
Identify the board texture, c bet high boards more frequently and when neither range hits the flop hard, c bet full range on ace high boards.
Broadway turns (can make a straight)
C Bet frequently but use 2 sizings: 1/3rd pot and full pot
check only the most nutted hands (sets with straight plus nut flush re draw)
check with worst top sets with no redraw
bet 1/3rd pot with redraws or when blocking villains continuing range
bet 1/3rd pot when we can call a shove (trips with nut flush redraw)
pot with dry made hands with no redraw (we need protection) top sets etc
when we hold straight blocking pocket pairs on broadway turns
check and give up the worst with no redraw
bet small planning to fold to a shove with blockers with medium re draws
pot with equity hands that will call a shove(nut flush redraw)
