Good Omaha Poker Starting Hands
Like in Texas Hold’em, winning Omaha players make most of their money by being patient and only playing the best starting hands. Losing players, on the other hand, play far too many hands, hoping to get lucky, and aren’t patient enough to wait for good starting hands.
The first thing to look for in good starting hands are pairs, preferably big pairs. You’ll almost always play a hand with AA in it, even if the other two cards don’t help you that much, such as a hand like AdAh8c2d. Like in Hold’em, big pairs win more often than hands without big pairs in them, so
You should also look for hands that are “double suited”. This means that two of your cards are of one suit, and two of another suit, such as Ad 2d Kh Qh. Double suited hands are powerful because they can make a flush in two different ways, depending on the board. Ad 2d Kh Qh is much better than Ad 2d Kc Qs, since the first hand could make both a heart or diamond flush, while the second has only the chance to make a diamond flush.
All four cards work together in good Omaha poker starting hands. A hand such as Ad 2d Qh Jh is much better than Ad 2c Qh 7s, because all four cards in the first hand are coordinated. You can make the nut diamond flush, a queen high heart flush, as well as a straights because your cards are connected in two different ways (A2 and QJ).
Like anything, you can’t always get what you want. While it’d be great to have a perfect hand that fits all categories, like Ad Ac Kd Kc or Ad Ac 2d 2c (if you’re playing Omaha Hi Lo), you can’t sit there and wait for hands as perfect as that.
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