Position is King
While position isn’t quite as important in Omaha as it is in Hold’em, it’s something you should strongly consider and factor in each and every hand.
If you’re in late position, you get to see the entire action unfold before you’re forced to commit a single chip. This is exactly where you want to be, as it gives you many more options and can dictate whether you should call, raise, or fold, especially with good but not great hands.
If you’re in early position, you have to act first, which puts you at a disadvantage. You might have a good hand but not a great one, yet you don’t know what the players are going to do behind you. You’d like to call and see another card, hoping to improve your hand, but you don’t want to call and then be faced with a big raise by a player in late position.
Many Omaha hands develop into a battle of a made hand versus a strong drawing hand, which can lead to rapidly escalating pots. If you’re in late position, you get to see all this develop, a luxury you’re not afforded if you’re first to act.
While you still want to play really strong hands from any position (and likely raise with them), you always need to keep a close eye on your position at the table, and take that into account.
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