For example, in very late position, you can play a hand like provided you can get in cheap.
You also can play hands like
and
provided the conditions are right. However, you still shouldn’t play the medium-sized hands.
Remember, if you have a ten-nine in your hand and the flop is this is not nearly as good as if you have a jack-ten in your hand and the flop is the second hand is much better, because it is more likely that you will win the whole pot if you make a straight.
Concept No.9: A lot of raising before the flop adds marginally to your profits, but it adds tremendously to your fluctuations.
This should be obvious, as many hands are not that dissimilar in value. However, you still should play almost the same number of hands before the flop, because it is unlikely that the raising indicates your opponents have superior hands to what you normally should play.
That is, they usually are raising with hands worse than what you require to enter the pot. So you now should throw away the marginal hands that you sometimes would play in late position.
If the pots get big, you are forced to play slightly looser on the flop. For example, you might go for a back-door low with an ace-deuce if you have something else, such as a back-door nut flush draw.
If most of the playing hands have a lot of action early, by watching you will see exactly what the raising was done with, which will give you a good idea as to what you can play.
These big pots may make it correct for you to take off another card. Since the game is omaha, you often will pick up other possibilities and go to the end.
Concept No.10: When you start jamming early, you add only a little bit to your edge, unless some terrible players are in the pot.
There is a great deal of luck between your starting hand and the flop in Omaha eight-or-better, specially if other players in the pot might be playing a hand similar to what you hold.
Concept No.11: Beware of trap hands on the flop.
Suppose the flop is
If you have several opponents, you should throw away a trey-four with a jack-high flush draw.
Although you have a low draw, a straight draw, and a flush draw, none is the nuts. Your hand should be discarded even if a lot of money is in the pot.
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