Tip #4: Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha Strategy

If there were any money to be made when playing pot limit Omaha, it would be in a 6-max PLO cash game. The reason is that many players just do not know how to play Omaha well, especially at the lower limits.

So what does this mean for you? Well, it simply means that if you follow a few of our tips below you can easily crush many of the fishy pot limit Omaha tables that can be found online.

6-Max PLO Strategy

Starting Hand Adjustments: In any six max game, it really is important to make slight adjustments to what starting cards you play with. The reason is that the blinds will come around much sooner eating at your stack causing you to lose money. Or, you will just be bullied by other players.

For example, hands that are unsuited such as 6-7-8-9 or even gapped such as 5-6-8-9 will become more playable and in fact, it is highly likely that your hand is not even all that far behind pre-flop.

Players need to realize that in 6-max games less cards are dealt out which means that most times often then not, most players will be starting with average or less than average starting hands.

Position: Position will go hand in hand with starting hand requirements to help keep players from loosening up too much.

Not only that, but being in position will also allow players to steal blinds more often and take stabs at pots that are uncoordinated with little to no resistance.

And above all, being in position will allow players to simply lose less when behind in a hand and win more when they are ahead.

Opponent’s Images: By understanding how your opponent’s play whether it is tight, loose or maniacal, you can then switch gears as needed when playing each kind of opponent. Maniacal and loose opponents are the types of players that will build a pot for you if you want in attempt to push you off a hand. If you have a monster here, you can simply check call and even check raise on the river to get lots of value out of your made hands. At the same time, if one of these players slows down all of a sudden, then you know to get out of the way, as something smells a bit fishy.

While playing against tight players, you will want to be very aggressive and keep raising them out of pots. You may not make much but the blinds, but it is more than what you had before. Tight players are great for giving out warnings as well. If one re-raises you, then you know they have something solid.

Slow Playing: In almost all cases, slow playing in Omaha is not recommended for the reason that there is a good chance you could be out drawn on. However, since in most cases players will be playing with mediocre hands, it is possible to get a little bit more money in the pot by slow playing an opponent on a very dry board. Just be sure to have the nuts or close to it for obvious reasons.

Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha Strategy – Final Words

Players will find that pot limit Omaha is extremely profitable if the proper adjustments are made from the transition from a full ring table. If players can slightly adjust their starting hand ranges, play well in position and exploit their opponent’s then it is very possible to make a killing while playing 6-max PLO.

Tip #3: Position in Pot Limit Omaha

Hands down, position in poker is absolutely key to becoming successful as a player. Every hand, every move that a player makes is based on position and whether they feel as if what they are doing outweighs the disadvantages of being out of position.

Below, we have listed the top 3 advantages to understanding position in pot limit Omaha, or any poker game for that matter, as well as the disadvantages for being out of position.

Position in Omaha

Information: The biggest reason to consider position when playing poker is because information is power, the more you have the better off you are. For example, if you wanted to play a hand like A-K-4-5 double suited from early position and just limped in, you would not know if someone is going to raise behind you or limp in as well. However, from late position, you can see all the action unfold in front of you. So, if you have A-K-4-5 and noticed everyone folded to you, you can then precede to raise. But, if someone raises in front of you than you know your hand is probably no good and can fold it. Utilizing position and playing hands while having position on an opponent will allow you to make more money and lose less money as you will know what everyone does before you have to act.

Pot Control: Being able to control a pot is an excellent tool for a poker player to utilize and will generally only work while in position. For example, if you were in early position and maybe had a small pair that you were not too fond of but wanted to see a turn card with, you would check it. However, since you are out of position you have no idea if you are really going to be able to see a turn card free.

On the other hand, if you were in position your opponent would be first to act and if he checked it to you, then you can accomplish keeping the pot small by checking behind him.

Now, if you had a monster in position and someone checked or even raised in front of you, you can then build the pot by raising or re-raising. This would be difficult to do out of position because if you were the first to act and checked in hopes your opponent would lead out, it is not guaranteed they will and if they do not, you lose value on your hand. And if you lead out with a monster in early position, it is possible your opponent will fold or just play passive and just call.

Simply put, being in position will allow you to keep the pot small with mediocre hands and attempt to build pots with monsters. Being out of position makes that much more difficult to achieve.

Stealing: Stealing pots and pushing players of their hands are going to be much easier to do while in position. And this is simply because you are the last one to act and can bet when it is checked to you, check raise player’s bets and get more aggressive and get away with it.

Out of position, this will be more difficult because you are going to have a harder time putting your opponent on a range of hands. If you were trying to bluff an opponent are check raised as we mentioned above, you would have to fold your hand because you did not have anything. It will not even matter if your opponent has anything or not.

Playing Position in Pot Limit Omaha – final words

The bottom line is, is that information is power and the later you have to act in a hand the more you will get. By playing in later positions, players are able to play a wider range of hands that will all be more profitable then if they were played out of position. When a player has a firm grasp on how position is beneficial to their poker game and bases their actions off it, they will prove to save money from not playing in early position and will make more by waiting for ideal spots in later position.