Omaha H/L: Should I Play This Hand? Part 2

Continuing with examining the factors to consider when formulating our decision to fold or muck lets begin with pot size.

How much is in the pot? If you don’t know how much is in the pot you don’t know whether you are getting the proper pot odds to call. Pot odds are useful not only in our decisions post flop, but can dictate whether we even enter the hand, especially with a draw. The more money in the pot the more likely you want to call with a marginal hand that is capable of winning a big pot if you connect.

Knowing the amount of money in the pot is essential for no-limit and critical for pot-limit.

How much may you bet or raise? In a limit game the answer is clear and defined by the structure you are playing in. In nolimit the answer is variable and limited to the amount of money in front of you.

… Continue reading Omaha H/L: Should I Play This Hand? Part 2

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Poker slang:

• FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
• DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
• BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
• INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
• BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
• WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.