Omaha Poker is a tough game to gauge before the flop as the greatest of starting hands is often turned into instant mush once the flop hits.  For this very reason, many people recommend that you never raise before the flop.  While the general consensus is that this is the way to go, there are [...]

With so many cards being out on the deal, the board pairing at any stage can cause panic on the table. Depending upon how many people are still in the hand and how the preflop action went will dictate exactly how you play from that point forward. In most cases, if you don’t have a card that matches, you are going to let your hand go.

If you mention that you play poker to the average person on the street, they will almost always assume you mean Texas Hold’em. Tournament Texas Hold’em was accepted as “the poker game” when the poker boom hit the United States in 2003, after Chris Moneymakers historic World Series of Poker Main Event victory. Millions of [...]

A situation occurred at the World Series of Poker Europe on Thursday that reminded me the power that a big drawing hand can hold in Pot Limit Omaha.  David “DevilFish” Ulliott had flopped a set of kings holding Ks-Kh-7c-2s.  The flop was Kd-Jc-5d.  His opponent, Markus Golser, was holding Ad-Qd-10c-4s.  He had both a nut [...]

In Texas Holdem Poker, when a player looks down and sees pocket aces, the player typically does a little leap inside their head.  Many players will tend to do the same thing in Pot Limit Omaha Poker when they look down at pocket aces.  Unfortunately, not all hands that contain aces are strong.  Let’s talk [...]