Free Poker Strategy

If you have spent any amount of time on the lower stakes Omaha poker tables, you will almost certainly have seen them. These poker players are often strange in the fact that most of their Omaha play is relatively good, but show them a big pair, and all this changes.

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As soon as you see these poker players at the table, beware of the obvious sign they have an (A,A) or (K,K), that being a pot sized bet preflop, and a pot bet on the flop. Regardless of what any of the board cards are, you will generally find their poker play does not get much more sophisticated on the turn or river either… Bet pot, bet pot.

Just earlier today I observed one poker player throwing his entire stack away with (A,A,2,5) on a board of (7h,8d,9d,6c,Jd). In this position, when your bet on the flop is called, you should slow right down as there isn’t really much your hand can beat, and your only real way of improving is to hit an Ace. Even if you do catch this Ace, you may well be dead against a Straight anyway.

It is a curious thing to see these otherwise fairly competent poker players suddenly lose control of themselves when they see an (A,A) or (K,K) in their Omaha poker hand. You would have to conclude that the problem is they simply don’t know how to play these poker hands. These poker players seem to be unable to stomach the prospect of ever putting these big pairs down, and feel their only other option is to bet them as hard as they can, all the way to the river. Inevitably, this leads to skilled poker players who can trust their instincts enough, being able to call such maniacs down with even a weak bottom two pair.