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Vade
Ok, I'm just starting out on PL omaha

Figure it makes a FAR better 2nd game then any stud variety

Anywho, my question is, what kinds of hands should I raise preflop with.
I was at a table at Full Tilt and I kid you not 80+% on the flop, but very few were raised.

Suggestions?
Swift_Psycho
Raise with well coordinated hands like :clubsq: :heartsj: :hearts10: :clubs9: and also hands that consist of double-suited aces and kings. Do not raise with aces that aren't very coordinated. That is a mistake you will commonly see with beginners. Uncoordinated aces are better unraised, because you won't hit the hand often, but if you do hit a set, other people will have trouble putting you on aces because you didn't raise pre-flop.
Vade
Yeah, at this point, I'm basically limping in on most hands

I raised preflop with KK and a suited connector, made a big mistake at betting half the pot when I missed and folded to a turn bet

The good news is I was up at the time tongue.gif
Swift_Psycho
QUOTE (Vade)
Yeah, at this point, I'm basically limping in on most hands

I raised preflop with KK and a suited connector, made a big mistake at betting half the pot when I missed and folded to a turn bet

The good news is I was up at the time tongue.gif


Suited connectors go down in value because it's quite common that someone will have a higher flush draw. You probably already know that, but just some more advice I guess. Oh yeah, and very rarely should you bluff. Especially in low limit omaha, you're going to get called.
Absolute
You should see very close to, if not less flops in Omaha High than you should in Hold'em.
Vade
Noted Absolute

The low limit table was insane, I was at 40% flops seen, and I know that's too high...
ahosang
Raise with the most coordinated hands as said by a previous poster. But raise in late position. Early, you should limp and encourage calls with lesser hands.
Position is very important in PLO.
Emptyeye
I'm sure you know this already, but post-flop, jam the pot with the nuts (and depending on your number of outs, a draw to the nuts), be VERY careful with anything else. Especially at low/micro-limit, which seems to be filled with Hold 'Em players who don't understand that trying to play it the same way as Hold 'Em is equivilent to making a charitable donation to the rest of the table, just this strategy should get you pretty far. I like to try and see flops cheap with even my big hands in PLO, because the flop will oftentimes miss you completely, or worse, you'll get a marginal piece of it and have no idea where you stand.
Vade
Thanks again all smile.gif

I'm hoping my patience in holdem will be the key carryover here
Absolute
I suggest Limit O8 before playing PLO online.
ahosang
QUOTE (Absolute)
I suggest Limit O8 before playing PLO online.

Why would limit O8 help before PLO?
Vade
QUOTE (Absolute)
I suggest Limit O8 before playing PLO online.


Ugh...can't stand limit 08 from the limited experience I have.

Getting 1/4 of a pot sucks!
wrto4556
QUOTE (Vade)
Getting 1/4 of a pot sucks!


True. But scooping a big ol' multi-way pot is alot of fun.
Vade
Not as much fun as suckers putting all their chips in (or even better calling) with the 2nd 3rd, 4th or 243rd nuts tongue.gif
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