The recycled wisdom from the big men who write big books about Omaha is that you don’t bluff in Omaha, other than the lone ace flush bluff. That’s true, except when it isn’t. I just bluffed and won in Omaha because I knew the other guy’s cards.
In highish position I’m dealt Ah 9s 8h Ks [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Bluffing In Omaha
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Rules Of Stupidtown
Friday, June 13, 2008
The betting structure is limit. The play is exactly as in Texas Hold ‘em except that after each round of betting, you pass one card to the left and one card to the right. That includes the river.
P.S. After talking to Matt about this game, perhaps it’s true that the game should have nine streets, [...]
The Bets You Save
Friday, June 13, 2008
My general picture of Pot Limit Omaha at this point is kind of like it’s a hybrid of limit hold’em and no-limit hold ‘em, at least in a big-picture kind of a way. In limit hold ‘em, the money you make is in large part in the bets you don’t make. In no limit hold [...]
Omaha: Level Zero
Friday, June 6, 2008
According to some good poker strategies I’ve heard, you need to be thinking exactly one level deeper than your opponent. If your opponent is thinking on level one, you need to be thinking on level two.
For those unfamiliar, here’s what that means:
Level Zero
What’s my hand?
Level One
What’s his hand?
Level Two
What hand does he think I have?
Level [...]
Moving On Up
Monday, June 2, 2008
After a week of serious Omaha, I’m moving up in levels, having acquired my goal of ten buy-ins at the next level.
My week has been pretty solid, with no real errors, save one truly idiotic mistake. On a flop of 2J9o, I hit top two pair heads-up against a small stack. Two pair is good [...]
