What Does It Take To Win an Omaha Hi Hand?

Have you ever sat back, reviewed your poker hand histories and actually

determined what a good Omaha hi hand is? Have you ever actually analyzed

what percentage of hands were won by a single pair, and how many required a

straight or more? If you haven't done this, maybe you should.

If you haven't figured it out yet, it takes a stronger hand on average to

win an Omaha poker hand than it does in another form of 

online poker like Texas Holdem

or even most draw games. Since everyone is dealt four hole cards instead of

two, there is a lot more of an opportunity for players to draw to a better

hand, and there are more possibilities for winning hands. It doesn't matter

what cards you are dealt, if you stay in an Omaha hi poker hand until the

showdown, there is a good chance you will have at least a pair. To be a

truly successful player, you have to learn to draw to hands like straights

and flushes. Leave the pairs to Texas Holdem poker.

One place most online poker game players falter when playing omaha

poker is determining the relative value of their hand. If they are

regular Texas Holdem players, there is a good chance they think a single

pair will still win most pots in Omaha hi. The sooner you get rid of this

mindset and start thinking about the reality or Omaha poker, the sooner you

will become a more profitable player!