Starting Hands for Omaha Holdem
Best Starting Hands: Omaha Hi/Lo
The top Omaha Holdem Hi/Lo Starting Hands are:
AA23 AA2? AA3? A234 A23? A2KK A2QQ A345 AA45 AA?? A2QK A2KJ A2?? A3KK
» The hands are more valuable if the cards represented by " ? " share a suit with one of the Aces.
By now you must be noticing something of a pattern - a commonality among all the best Omaha Hi/Low starters.
Aces: Paired Aces or an Ace with with a deuce, whether suited or not are the most desirable cards to start out with in Omaha Hi/Lo. The reason is this: The strongest hand likely to win the whole pot, be the best hi and best low hand, is a straight A-5. Naturally, the hands are stronger yet if they are suited.
Best Starting Hands: Omaha High
The top Omaha High Starting Hands are:
Pretty much what you're looking for in Texas Holdem Staring Hands, High Pairs and Suited High Cards:
AA KK QQ JJ TT AKs AQs AJs A10s
Other playable Omaha High hands include:
- 2 pair: The higher rank the better
- 3 high cards with a suited dangler; that is, a hand such as: As Kc Jd 6S. The low dangler is suited with the Ace, making a nut flush possible.
- Three card straight, with a pair; eg: 5d 6s 7c 7s
- Three card straight, with an Ace (if the ace matches suits with one of the other cards; eg: 3c 4d 5s Ad
- Four cards that offer multiple straight possibilities. eg: 4589, 9TKA
Hands that look amazing, yet are hands you ought to throw away are hands with sets or quads. The reason is obvious - since you can only use two cards from your hand, these hands are drawing dead. Toss 'em and look ahead to your next hand.
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