Tip #9: 6-max Pot Limit Omaha Part 1

This article series focus on six-max Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), a variety which is widely played online nowadays. Our aim is to provide you with a basic understanding about the difference between six-max and full-ring games of PLO, and how to adjust properly.

If 9 player PLO is a game with big hands, known as the “game of nuts”, you could assume that six-max is a little different. It is actually true that smaller hands can win in 6-max PLO, but your opponents will loosen up their hand requirements, and in many situations you will have no clue about the quality of their hand.

Hand Requirements

In pot-limit omaha, the best hands are the ones that can hit strongly many types of boards. When you are talking full-ring, this includes hands with high connectors, preferably mono or double suited, or big pair plus big connectors, for example. On six-max you have to loosen up a little bit, but that doesn’t mean playing weak or one-option hands. A good rule of a thumb is to consider playing hands with three good cards, specially if they are double suited or in position. Also, smaller connectors can be more valuable in six-max. Drawing for the lower end of a straight in six-max omaha is much more smart than it would be on a full ring game.

Position

Position is important in any poker variety. In six-max pot limit omaha, where hand ranges are much more difficult to determine, position is critical. By playing more hands in position, you will be able to steal more pots, to win more chips when you are ahead, and lose less chips when behind.

In a good position, you can limp on multi-way pots without much fear of being raised-out of the pot. You can also call pre-flop raises from players that you have a good read on, or make a big steal-raise on multi-limped pots. After the flop you can use floats or try to steal pots that opponents checked to you.

Aggression

Check the next part of this series: aggression on six-max pot-limit omaha.

If you are a Holdem Player and want to excel on omaha, I strongly suggest the book: Transitioning from NLHE to PLO. It is not a book for beginners, as you can check for the pricing tag. But if you play mid to high-stakes, the book will pay itself many times.

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