Omaha Strategy - Omaha H/L Strategy
Omaha Sit N Go Hand SelectionIn the previous article, entitled Omaha General Sit N’ Go Strategy, a number of different points regarding general strategy in the early, mid and late stages of a Sit N’ Go were discussed. Starting hands did not come into it very much, but they will definitely be discussed here. Early (7 or more people left): In the early part of the tournament, according to the previous article, you want to play extremely tight. In Omaha terms, what exactly does extremely tight mean? Well, it means that you do not want to enter the hand unless you can enter it with a very strong raise and maybe even a pot sized raise if you are not playing a limit betting structure. When can you do this early in a game? Well, you can do it when you have four cards that work extremely well with each other so that a number of combinations on the flop can make your hand for you. Any combination of four sequential cards will do this and if they happen to be two of two suits then that is even better. Also, the higher the cards the better because your strong raises are likely to limit the number of players in the pot and when you are going heads up in Omaha, high cards matter. Mid (4-6 people left): In the middle part of the tournament, the starting hand selection should be self-explanatory. You would basically play any starting hand that you would play in a full-ring cash game in Omaha; this means not only the hands you played earlier, but even speculative hands from late position (i.e. A-2-6-7 for example is a great hand in Omaha hi/low, but not that great a hand in straight Omaha. It is still good for a real estate raise in a full cash game however). Late (3 people or less left): The previous article said that you should take advantage of your tight reputation to steal as many pots as possible, so hand selection actually becomes less important in late Sit N’ Go stages than in earlier ones. You are already in the money, so it is time to go big (1st place and top prize) or go home (3rd place and in the money). What I like to do is to pop the pot the first two or three hands without even looking at my cards, just to see what the opponent’s reaction will be. If you are determined to play certain hands over others, then try to go for hands with a lot of high-card power first and other advantages second. |
