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POKER OMAHA BEST PREFLOP HANDS

THE BEST OMAHA PREFLOP HANDS

Your starting Play/Fold decisions will involve a quick assessment of the hand type and the six Hold'em hands in your four card Omaha hand. The playable starting hands suggested are a good place to start. These are not hard and fast rules about what to play or not, but a generalisation of expert opinions and computerized hand value results that you can use as a guide.

 
THE BEST OMAHA STARTING HAND

Your starting Play/Fold decisions will involve a quick assessment of the hand type and the six Hold'em hands in your four card Omaha hand. The playable starting hands suggested are a good place to start. These are not hard and fast rules about what to play or not, but a generalisation of expert opinions and computerized hand value results that you can use as a guide.


 
TWO CARD HOLD'EM HANDS TO LOOK FOR IN OMAHA HANDS

PREMIUM HANDS

HIGH PAIR AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT
ACE and HIGH CARD SUITED AK(S), (AQ(S), AJ(S), AT(S)


STRONG HANDS

HIGH CARDS SUITED KQ(S), KJ(S), KT(S), QJ(S), Q10(S), JT(S)
MIDDLE PAIRS 99, 88, 77, 66
TWO HIGH CARDS AK, AQ, AJ, AT, KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, JT
ACE and MIDDLE CARD SUITED A9(S), A8(S), A7(S) A6(S)
MIDDLE SUITED CONNECTORS T9(S), 98(S), 87(S), 76(S)


STRONG HANDS

LOW PAIR 55, 44, 33, 22
ACE and LOW CARD SUITED A5(S), A4(S), A3(S), A2(S)
ACE TWO CARDS to a STRAIGHT ie: 10 6, 98, 75, 73, A4
Note: Most in this catagory are normally not playable in regular Holdem, but they do add value in combination Omaha hands.
 
THROW-AWAY STARTING HANDS

The hands below should be automatically folded without any further consideration. A major difference to Hold'em as any quads should be dropped such as AAAA - it must be a real tough break to be dealt four aces and have to fold...


QUADS (including AAAA, KKKK, 9999 etc.
TRIPS (except AAA with a high side card suited is sometimes playable)
 
PLAYABLE OMAHA STARTING HANDS
PAIR of ACES A A x x
PAIR of KINGS K K x x
HIGH PAIR w ACE SUITED Qh Qs Ah x .. Jh Js Ad 6d
HIGH PAIR w MIDDLE/LOW PAIR J J 7 7 .. Q Q 4 4
HIGH PAIR w TWO or more OTHER HANDS J J 9 7 .. K 10 10 8
ANY FOUR HIGH CARDS K Q J 10 .. A K J 10 .. Q Q 10 10 .. A J J 10 .. (includes two high pair)
THREE HIGH CARDS w ACE SUITED Ah Qs 10h x .. Ah Ks Jd 5h
THREE HIGH CARDS w ACTIVE SIDECARD K Q J 8 .. Ah Qs 10d 4h
THREE CARD STRAIGHT with a PAIR 7 6 5 5 .. 9 8 7 8
THREE CARD STRAIGHT with ACE SUITED 8h 7s 6d Ah .. Ah 9s 8d 7h
CLOSE GROUP w TWO GAPS or less J 10 7 6 .. 8 7 6 5 .. 9 8 5 4.. 9 7 6 4 .. J 10 8 6
 
 
 
 
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