Sunday, September 20, 2009

Know More About Pot Limit Omaha Poker Part 1: What To Do On Pre-flop

By Bart Sampson

It was said in the first part of this series that beginning hands in PLO are very close in value. Due to this, it's not rational to place a large part of your stack pre-flop unless you have an AAxx hand. This is due to the fact that anything can happen once the flop is turned.

It's given that if you have a good hand, you won't mind raising the bet but it's advisable that you don't gamble away 10% of your stack before the flop opens. The mere exemption would be having a hand not less than an AAxx or KK/QQ.

With these hands you can bet less than 10% of your stack or probably bet more than 50%.

Why bet less than 10%?

Betting less than 10% of your own stack to the pot will ensure you won't lose a lot when the flop is not that good with your hands. For instance, you are playing in $100 buy-in PLO game and you have a hole card of AsKsJdQc which is a strong hand.

If the flop turned out to be A, J and Q which is not the same suited card as yours - you can bet $7 which is not a bad stack to loss if ever you gave up your hand.

But if the pot is opened to $7 and you gained two callers - it's safe for you to re-raise your bet to $38 and then call with your current 3 pair and gut-shot to divide the pot. That time, the pot would be offering about $200 - 3 times more than your bet.

It is recommended that you don't bet 20%-40% of your stack before the flop is opened.

Reasons in betting more than 50%

On the other hand, if you possess a strong hand of AAxx or KK/QQ, you may want the pot heads-up and you need to have enough to bet a 50% pot flop bet which will eventually lead the others to fold until you're head to head with one opponent.

Since you have committed yourself to the pot even before the flop is turned then you need to bet on every flop. You don't have to worry about your hand because if you have an AA or KK, you still have some kind of high in that matter.

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