Omaha General Sit N Go Strategy

One of the areas that is relatively similar between Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha in terms of the basic strategy that is used is the Sit N' Go realm. When you were very early on in your Hold 'Em education, most likely your plan was to play super tight at the start of the tournament and then as time progressed and people began to be eliminated, you likely opened it up a bit and took advantage of your tight reputation in order to steal pots and build up your chip stack. Well, in Omaha the general strategy is the same and a few comments are going to be made on different parts of it below. For the purposes of this article, the assumption is that you are playing a 9 or 10-person Sit N' Go with either limit or pot limit Omaha.

Early (7 or more players left): This is the part of the Sit N' Go where most players in both Omaha and Hold 'Em make their fatal mistakes. An important thing to keep in mind is that you can not win the Sit N' Go from this stage, but you can definitely lose it and in a game like Omaha where there are so many different hand possibilities you can lose it by doing a number of very stupid things. To avoid this, play extremely tight as long as there are at least seven players left in the tournament. Your goal should be to play about half the number of hands you would normally play in a tight cash game strategy; the fish will kill each other off at this stage.

Mid (4-6 players left): Now that you have gotten past the early treacherous stage of the Sit N' Go, you can loosen up a bit and play any hands you would normally play in a full-table cash game with a tight strategy. This should still have you tighter than the other players at the table, because you want to keep your tight image for later on.

Late (3 players left): Now that you are in the money, it is time to let loose and be super-aggressive. You have a tight reputation built up from before, so use that tight reputation to your advantage in stealing pots and building up your chip stack. You want to finish the tournament either in 1st place or in 3rd place, since both positions will pay you money. You do not have to worry about major hand possibilities because there are only three people left in the tournament, so focus on hands that have high cards in them (no more than 2 of the same rank though) and push them extremely hard in an effort to make chips and bust the other players.