Omaha Starting Hands

[robbyd86]

Hey can someone give me, or direct me to a general "by the book" starting hand range from UTG to LP to Blinds? I've watched a couple vids and they talk bout it a lil bit, but still can't seem to grasp it. At first I realized I was way too loose, but now I think Im way too tight so I think i need some guidance here. Anyone post a link or direct me to a video or just post it that would awesome!

[robbyd86]

Well 0 replies, o well i'll answer myself. I'm figuring out PLO is much more postflop oriented anyways, so as long as I have a general idea I think preflop isn't a big deal? I think I have a decent grasp on it now after watching vids and making some posts. I really hope this forum gets more traffic cause I don't like 2+2, too crowded and too much garbage imo. Haven't really checked out the PLO forums there though. I'm just gonna keep posting on here cause Leggo is the nuts!

[Sean]

Hwang's first book is pretty good on starting hands - you should consider getting it. The postflop part is more ABC tight-ish, though.

Preflop definitely matters in PLO. Many hands don't play well against usual raising ranges, so you want to avoid playing them if there's a high risk of getting raised. Conversely, you want to raise with good hands because bad players will call with these hands that they should fold. It's not like they can call with any piece of trash and get away with it (even though they are less punished than in NLHE).

From early position, you want to play fairly tight. Open most aces and kings, and all premium hands (big suited rundowns and likes). Do not come in for a raise with meh aces if everybody is going to call, knowing what you got, with a lot of money left to bet.
From late position, you can open raise a lot of hands: any rundown (0 or 1 gapped, and 2 gapped if the gap is not at the top), high cards that are somewhat connected, high card+suited rundown (eg. K567s) etc.
Play tighter from mid position, since the CO/BTN are often going to call or raise. You want to know your opponents; some will often fold if you open-raise, some will 3bet you a lot.

Here's a post about some starting hands I wrote on my blog. Hope this helps.

[Dasecret]

Originally Posted by Sean

Hwang's first book is pretty good on starting hands - you should consider getting it. The postflop part is more ABC tight-ish, though.

Preflop definitely matters in PLO. Many hands don't play well against usual raising ranges, so you want to avoid playing them if there's a high risk of getting raised. Conversely, you want to raise with good hands because bad players will call with these hands that they should fold. It's not like they can call with any piece of trash and get away with it (even though they are less punished than in NLHE).

From early position, you want to play fairly tight. Open most aces and kings, and all premium hands (big suited rundowns and likes). Do not come in for a raise with meh aces if everybody is going to call, knowing what you got, with a lot of money left to bet.
From late position, you can open raise a lot of hands: any rundown (0 or 1 gapped, and 2 gapped if the gap is not at the top), high cards that are somewhat connected, high card+suited rundown (eg. K567s) etc.
Play tighter from mid position, since the CO/BTN are often going to call or raise. You want to know your opponents; some will often fold if you open-raise, some will 3bet you a lot.

Here's a post about some starting hands I wrote on my blog. Hope this helps.

TY,Sean for the link and do totally agree with your thoughts.

[robbyd86]

Originally Posted by Sean

Hwang's first book is pretty good on starting hands - you should consider getting it. The postflop part is more ABC tight-ish, though.

Preflop definitely matters in PLO. Many hands don't play well against usual raising ranges, so you want to avoid playing them if there's a high risk of getting raised. Conversely, you want to raise with good hands because bad players will call with these hands that they should fold. It's not like they can call with any piece of trash and get away with it (even though they are less punished than in NLHE).

From early position, you want to play fairly tight. Open most aces and kings, and all premium hands (big suited rundowns and likes). Do not come in for a raise with meh aces if everybody is going to call, knowing what you got, with a lot of money left to bet.
From late position, you can open raise a lot of hands: any rundown (0 or 1 gapped, and 2 gapped if the gap is not at the top), high cards that are somewhat connected, high card+suited rundown (eg. K567s) etc.
Play tighter from mid position, since the CO/BTN are often going to call or raise. You want to know your opponents; some will often fold if you open-raise, some will 3bet you a lot.

Here's a post about some starting hands I wrote on my blog. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the great post man! It definitely helped.