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Omaha Poker Starting Hands

In Omaha poker, as in Texas hold’em and most other online poker variations, it’s important to play good starting hands. However, what constitutes a good starting hand in Omaha? While a grounding in good Texas hold’em hands will help you make this determination, Omaha requires a little greater understanding than that. Today you can play Omaha almost anywhere; all the best online poker sites offer the game.

Big Pairs in Omaha

Big pairs such as AA, KK and QQ are good in Omaha as they are in Texas hold’em, but not in isolation. Remember that you hold four cards, which gives you six potential starting hands. The same is true of your opponents. If you hold Ad As 4h 9c, you are essentially playing your one big hand, the aces, against each of your opponents’ six hands. Try to make sure all your cards are working together if you are going to proceed with an Omaha hand.

Wrap Draws in Omaha

A wrap draw is great Omaha hand to have. If you hold 8 9 T J for example, there are many combinations of flops that will give you a straight draw, perhaps even the nut straight draw. Wrap hands are particularly potent in short handed Omaha or Omaha hands where only a few players are seeing the flop. In these situations, it is more important to have a flexible hand that can become very strong than it is to have the absolute nuts, which is often necessary if many players are seeing the river.

Flush Draws in Omaha

Flush draws in Omaha are great, especially if you have two of them. If you have three or four of a suit though, you should consider throwing your hand away, since you can only use two and there are two fewer that can come out on the board, and if you get a draw, the pot odds must be much better for you to make a correct call. You should also only be drawing to high flushes like aces and kings. The ace and king of your suit are out there, which means there is a good chance one of your opponents will make a bigger flush if your flush cards are small.

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