| Although they are very different games, much of the | | | | little. |
| same strategy from Texas hold'em sit and go | | | | Blind steals gone wrong |
| tournaments can be applied to Omaha sit and go | | | | One thing you might be a little limited by is the ability to |
| tournaments as well. Fundamentally you should be | | | | only make the 3.5x raise pot limit allows when you |
| taking the same approach - play tight early, avoid | | | | would like to go all-in and maximize your fold equity. |
| calling for all your chips, and try to push to win pots | | | | The truth is that there is little difference because the |
| without a showdown. | | | | two because if one calls for such a big percentage of |
| Early game adjustments | | | | their stack preflop they should usually put the rest in |
| The fact that busting out means you lose all of your | | | | after the flop, but most of your opponents don't |
| equity in the prize pool, while doubling up does not | | | | recognize this. Against bad players, often times you will |
| double your equity, means that to play for a lot of | | | | get called and have to take a flop in a bad situation |
| chips early on, you need to have a big advantage. In | | | | where it is likely you will have to play for all your chips. |
| Texas hold'em sngs such opportunities come up fairly | | | | The key on these flops is if it is checked to you, bet |
| often, such as with having a big pair preflop, or hitting a | | | | the maximum (which will usually be all-in) with any |
| set on the flop, making a flush, etc. But in Omaha most | | | | piece of the flop. Many players will make some very |
| hands are only about a 6:5 favorite preflop and even | | | | bad folds in this spot and these steals alone can give |
| after a favorable flop for your hand has hit your | | | | you a big edge. But don't take this too far. If you raised |
| opponents will usually be drawing very live. The result | | | | with A24J, for example, and flop comes QJT, just |
| is that you should play very tight early on, even tighter | | | | check behind and hope for a free showdown. |
| than in hold'em sng tournaments, waiting for only the | | | | The endgame and heads-up play |
| most absolute premium hands like a pair of aces with | | | | After the bubble has burst and you have made the |
| a wheel card, or A23x. This can be quite boring and | | | | cash, you should ramp up your aggression even |
| would be easy to take advantage of in a cash game, | | | | further. Especially since these tournaments tend to run |
| but is the correct Omaha sng strategy. | | | | long as there are a lot of split all-in pots, blind stealing of |
| The bubble | | | | the relatively large blinds is the key to victory. Usually |
| The bubble is also affected by the concept that in | | | | you should raise on the button or small blind with any |
| Omaha, hands run close together in value. Many | | | | four cards, except for maybe trips and other absolute |
| players make the mistake of waiting for a "premium" | | | | trash hands. When your blind is raised, consider the pot |
| hand to push with, like those containing an ace deuce | | | | odds carefully and almost never fold getting 1.5 to 1 or |
| or a pair of aces. But the truth is that hands that would | | | | better. For calling with longer odds, the best hands to |
| be trash with a big stack like KT53 are just about as | | | | call with are two aces, ace + low + face card, and big |
| good as A234. The only dominating hand is indeed a | | | | pair + two low cards. In general at the end you should |
| pair of aces, but against a hand with both low and | | | | lean toward calling very loose, as well as reraising all-in |
| straight possibilities even it can be as little as a 55-45 | | | | often against opponents that may make a terrible fold. |
| favorite preflop. With aces and a short stack of 10 | | | | Heads up, you should be raising the button with almost |
| times the big blind or less, you should either push all in, | | | | all of your hands and betting aggressively after the |
| or in pot limit, make the maximum raise - and you | | | | flop as well. More than any other form of poker, |
| should be making the maximum raise in later position | | | | aggression gets the money in Omaha sit and go |
| with other hands as well. The hands to look for are | | | | tournaments. Since you are never in that bad of shape |
| any hand containing an ace and at least one low card | | | | even if called, the game revolves around who can get |
| - these actually all run very close in value, hands with | | | | their opponents to fold the most. |
| both low and straight possibilities, double suited hands, | | | | Omaha sit and go strategy is some of the simplest in |
| and hands with both a pair and the ability to make a | | | | poker, yet many players play very badly. This makes |
| low. It matters little whether your hand is JJ75 or A234, | | | | these tournaments extremely profitable, especially if |
| and in fact the sort of hands that are likely to call you | | | | you can combine these basic tips with experience in |
| will actually have you in worse shape if you push with | | | | fundamental Texas hold'em sit and go play. Above all |
| the "better" A234 hand. The main point of all this is that | | | | remember that in Omaha, hands are very close |
| you should be pushing very aggressively in late position | | | | together in value, so bet more and call less. |
| on the bubble of an Omaha sit and go, and calling very | | | | |