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PLO is starting to become famous in the community of poker. It has been in the European poker rooms for ages and also a staple on high stakes games. But it is due to the internet and its low stakes offer that it become one of the most sought after game in the World Series of Poker.

Prior to learning about PLO tactics, it would be better that you know more about PLO in general and how it differ to other poker games you know about.

1.Pot Limit Omaha is a game full of action. Each participant will be given four starting cards and they will share five board cards – results would be: even the worst player can make something up from the game. This holds true to people who have switch from Texas Hold ‘m to PLO who presumes that the flush is the best card in the game, a top pair is a good hand and having a two pair is an excellent card. This way of thinking makes this kind of poker players to have a very small chance to be successful in PLO.

2.In PLO the starting hands for all players run very close in value compared to Texas Hold ‘Em – being a 60/40 favorite during pre-flop seldom happens. People who are successful in Hold ‘Em during pre-flop will have a hard time going to post-flop in PLO, that’s how they fail in the game. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that you don’t need any strategic play in Hold ‘Em during post-flop but it is believe that’s it’s easier to go post-flop in Hold ‘Em compared to PLO. In Hold ‘Em, you can become an 80/20 favorite with KK against 88 but in PLO most confrontations can be like AK against JJ.

3.In PLO you need the nuts in order to win. If you don’t have the nuts or not waiting for a draw that will make your hand a nut then it’s time to fold. The second-nut flush is not a good hand in PLO. And hands with no nuts are just for back up. If you have a good hand then someone in PLO can have a better hand than you.

4.PLO depends heavily on big draws, re-draws, blocking and back up. In PLO, how big of a draw can you encounter? It’s viable to have a 20 out straight draw in PLO (for instance having a hole card of 4589 and a 67K flop – any 3, 4,5,8,9 or Ten can make you hand) which is more than favorable on having a set of Kings. But think if you’ll also have a flush draw to accompany that!

Re-draws happen if you and another player have flop or turn the nuts, but still you have a chance to get a better hand post flop. For example, you got a hand of AKQJ and the other player has AKT5 then the flop is TJQ – you have the chance to redraw in order to get a full house four your two pair.

Backup and blocking card go together. These two relates to non-nut draws and re-draws you might possess that will either win the pot if they hit with the succeeding flop (backup) or lessen the probabilities that the other players might draw out on you (blocking).

One instance of a blocking card would be holding a two or three kind of suit that might get your opponent a flush hand or a nut-flush. An example of a backup card would be having a top set and you flop it and possess a gut-hand that will lead to a straight.

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