by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 12, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Omaha-8 Is A Low Variance Game Low stakes limit O8 is said to be one of the lowest variance games in poker, especially when played at a full ring table. There are a variety of reasons for this. First, most players at low stakes are simply just very bad. LO8 is an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Omaha Hi-Lo, also known as Omaha 8, is one of the most technical poker games to play, and requires quite a lot of skill in order to play correctly. It is easy to make non-obvious mistakes that will cost you a lot of money in the long run, particularly when you do not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
A few of you have been PMing me to post hands and strategy for PLO high. I’m not in the mood to write out strategy articles, but I don’t mind posting annotated hands. This way I can also get some feedback on my own play and keep improving. Please do give...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2023 | Featured Omaha, Omaha, Poker Strategy
After educating yourself on pre-flop strategy, positional awareness, and other basic poker fundamentals, it is time to move onto more complex strategies. One of which is the oldest form of winning a pot, bluffing. There are a few different types of bluffs including...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Beginner Poker, Omaha, Poker Strategy
There might be a time in your poker career when you grow tired of playing a certain game. Most learned No-Limit Texas Hold’em first and while it is often referred to as the "Cadillac of Poker" it is actually not the best preparation for other games...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2023 | Beginner Poker, Omaha, Poker Strategy
As the No-Limit Texas Hold’em games continue to get harder post-UIGEA it is only natural for players to branch out into other forms of poker looking for softer tables. In the past, online poker sites just offered Hold’em and Omaha; however, there are now a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Hopefully this will be a semi-regular feature where I’m going to make strategy posts or hand analyses of varying lengths on varying Omaha topics depending on my mood. Here’s today’s installment – a hand that I discussed with a friend: Pot Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2023 | Featured Omaha, Omaha, Poker Strategy
With the recent explosion of non-Hold’em games such as Pot-Limit Omaha and mixed games, there are many players realizing there are profits to be made outside of NL Hold’em. With television shows such as the FullTilt Million Dollar Cash Game broadcasting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Here’s some hands from a session of 400PLO I had tonight. With the exeption of Hand 0 which precedes all the other hands, I’ve mixed up the hands so as to not give away the results by the fluctuations of my stack. I won’t give reads, but this was the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2023 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, Omaha, Poker Strategy
There is a poker game growing in popularity due to the recent attention given to high stakes mixed games in Omaha Hi/Lo or what is sometimes referred to as Omaha Eight-or-Better. The “O” in HORSE, Omaha Hi/Lo is a split-pot game which awards half of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2023 | Beginner Poker, Omaha, Poker Strategy
Pot-Limit Omaha is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of poker in the world. The game offers recreational players a lot of opportunity to gamble and gives the most experienced professional quite a big advantage in the long run. Understanding Omaha poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Omaha-Hi, one of the most popular non-hold’em game types, utilizes many of the same rules as other poker games. Indeed, Omaha is extremely similar to Hold’em in several respects. The betting structure (blinds, flop, turn, river, etc.) is identical, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2023 | Featured Omaha, Omaha, Poker Strategy
Pot-Limit Omaha is one of the most popular poker games being played today. From micro-stakes online, to some of the biggest stakes in the world live, PLO is a game that anyone and everyone can play. Pot-Limit Omaha tends to be an action game which draws a lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 3, 2023 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Just trying to learn PLO here and was wondering if there are any "staple" kind of books for someone trying to learn PLO? Doesn’t have to be a beginner book necessarily. I bought Pot-Limit Omaha Poker by Jeff Hwang and it arrived today and been reading...