How To Choose What Omaha/8 Cash Games To Sit In
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Your goal when selecting an Omaha/8 table to play at is finding one with the weakest and most exploitable players. Weak players include those who play to many hands, hardly ever fold, draw to non-nut hands and those who overvalue poor hands. In looking for these players it is generally good to identify loose/passive tables where lots of players are limping into every pot. Omaha/8 games stacked with tight/aggressive players are seldom good to be in and while you can still be a winner, it is far more favorable to be in a loose, passive or loose/passive game.
Limit Games
Using Poker Room Lobby Statistics & Observation
% To The Flop - Games With Greater 50%
The more players the a flop, the looser the game is and the looser the game is the more profitable your strong starting hand strategy will be successful. With so many players to a flop there will be plenty of weakness to exploit and good pot odds to continue with your draws.
Games With Little Pre-Flop Raising
Games with little or no pre-flop raising at the best, you generally then know how much it is going to cost to you to see a flop rom most positions and you can adjust your strategy accordingly. Little pre-flop raising is also a sign of passivity, something you love in your Omaha/8 opponents.
Using Poker Tracker
Invest in a copy of Poker Tracker Omaha if you want to get serious about scouting out the best limit omaha/8 games online. Once you have PTO, here are the things you should be looking for and the reasoning behind it.
VPIP - (Voluntary Put Money In Pot) - Tables With Players With 35 And Above
You want the VPIP of the players at your table to be as high as possible. it is a great thing when some of the players at your table have VPIP in excess of 40. high VPIP is an indication of looseness and leaks, and you should be looking to exploit the fact that your opponents play too many hands.
Low Won % At Showdown - Tables With Players That Are Less Than 60%
Obviously, you want to be playing against opponents who have win percentages at showdown in the lower ranges. This is an indication that they are still in the hand at the river with the worst of it. You are looking for tables that have players with Won $ at ShowDown percentages of 60 or less.
Pot Limit Games
In pot limit omaha high/low games you want to avoid tricky opponents, look out for tables with lots of check-raises and other such fancy plays. What you want is players who will chase a one-way draw on multiple streets for pot-sized bets. You also want tables with little preflop raising, having said that if there is a raise most hands and six or seven players are calling that raise then this is less of an issue.
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