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UConnPoker
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: Best hand in Omaha? |
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| What is the best hand in Omaha? Or the top 10.. is there a list somewhere? For example.. Pocket Aces is the best in hold 'em. I'm trying to learn the strategies and hands in Omaha. Any help is appreciated. |
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Jaconda78
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Best hand in omaha is AAKK double suited (AK of one suit and AK of another). Any hand with two aces is a good start, but don't get too attached to it. Wraps are also good, like TJQK double suited, since it has potential to hit lots of pairs and straights, as well as flushes. |
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Remo
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| AAJ10 double suited is 2nd best i believe because of str8 possibilites.also 9-10-J-Q is a premium hand but yeah AAKK is the the #1 |
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KGBlovesOreos
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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anybody here ever seen AAKK double suited???
are the odds of getting this hand like 10 times harder than getting aces in holdem? |
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jbrennen
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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AAKK double suited will come your way about once every 45,120 deals.
That compares to AA in Hold'em which happens once every 221 deals.
So getting AAKK double suited is about 204 times harder than getting AA in Hold'em.  |
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GripHoldOn
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I've seen AAJT double suited, never AAKK double suited. Starting hands matter less in omaha than they do in hold 'em however. Any four cards are playable really as long as they don't contain three of the same card, but hands do go up in value if they have straight and flush possibilities. My favorite starting hands in omaha are hands like QJT9 double suited. I almost always catch a big piece of the flop with these type of hands. |
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Remo
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| anyone kno the worst hand besides 3 and 4 of a kind ?? |
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GripHoldOn
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| It's debatable, 227Q rainbow is pretty weak as is 259K rainbow. |
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KGBlovesOreos
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| 227Q is a terrible omaha hand... even if you hit flop a full boat with your 2's, there is a 25-30 percent chance that somebody else will make the higher full house by the end of the hand... |
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BOYNAMEDSUE
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:03 am Post subject: |
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1. AAKK (double suited)
2. AAJT (double suited)
3. AAQQ (double suited)
4. AAJJ (double suited)
5. AATT (double suited)
6. AA99 (double suited)
7. AAxx (double suited)
8. 89TJ (double suited)
9. KKQQ (preferablydouble suited)
10. KKJJ (preferably double suited)
For the complete list see page 236 in Phil Hellmuth's 'Play Poker Like the Pros'. |
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DevilfishFan
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Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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| Low pairs in a full ring game are dangerous. You can lose a lot of money to a higher set when you flop one as well. |
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The Last Word
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Joined: 04 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| KGBlovesOreos wrote: |
anybody here ever seen AAKK double suited???
are the odds of getting this hand like 10 times harder than getting aces in holdem? |
I don't know the odds, but I have seen it twice......and didn't win either pot. Once after I flopped the nut flush, and a guy kept bottom two pair and filled up. The other was when I flopped TWO sets and lost to a moron who decided to chase me with 3-4-5-6
Personally, though....I'd rather the A-A-J-10 ds simply because of the straight possibilites, the extra trips possibilities just aren't that exciting to me (of course, I won't complain if I get A-A-K-K ds)
Worst hand:
Anything with a deuce.......I won't play it unless its suited to the ace and the other two cards better make me real happy (such as A-K, K-Q, A-Q, K-K, etc.) |
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ne0teric
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ive only had AAKK double suited 2-3x. i just had that hand like a week ago on pokerstars on a 10/20 pl omaha cash game i won a 4500$ pot w/ it when i made Ks full on the river when dude had Js full on the flop... |
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z_l4
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:01 am Post subject: |
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| What about J-10-9-8 DS? If you see the right cards like 87 q8 97 etc you've got a big hand. I'm not saying it's the best starting hand, but probably one of the strongest. |
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jbrennen
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Joined: 16 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:44 am Post subject: Re: |
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| z_l4 wrote: |
| What about J-10-9-8 DS? If you see the right cards like 87 q8 97 etc you've got a big hand. I'm not saying it's the best starting hand, but probably one of the strongest. |
Yep.  See the post 4 posts before yours. Number 8 on the list. |
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