Omaha Hi/Lo any one play?

[glceud]

Have become just a bit bored with holdem so have decided to become the 2009 wsop omaha hi/lo champion instead. Playing the $1/$/2 10 handed fl tables at stars and just requested my stats out of curiosity. Any one make anything out of these rather limited stats. Omaha Hi/Lo (Real Money): 2000 hands played and saw flop: - 104 times out of 225 while in small blind (46%) - 190 times out of 223 while in big blind (85%) - 409 times out of 1552 in other positions (26%) - a total of 703 times out of 2000 (35%) Pots won at showdown - 199 out of 285 (70%) Pots won without showdown - 61 Also any one kow the value of pkt pairs in this format, I reckon bar Aces they are virtually useless. I might play if double suited, but I think flushes other than the nut flush are a big loser in this.

[ubermonkey1]

Re: Omaha Hi/Lo any one play? yep ,yep, yep and yep. the only pocket pairs of any use are the low ones;) only time i might play kk qq is with a2 or a3 and flush possabilitys or maybe with 2 other paint cards. i dont mind playing all4 cards to a high because if its a high flop you will almost certainly hit a big part of it. if you think about it there arent many hands that kk qq on their own will definately scoop with .like you say really you need to be looking at a nut flush so k high/q high is very dangerous. low pairs can be good for a few reasons,they can not only give you a possible nut low but also help to cut down other possible nut lows,sometimes the diffrence between quartering and taking half a three way pot can be quite big. also with a nice board you can hit a full house plus a nut low which is usually a great position to get 3/4 of a big pot. so hands with 2 below a 5 and any pp 8 or below are very good hands:ok say you have a255 now pretty much any low flop is good for you apart from a2 but you get some excellent ones. a dream flop here is 345 , anyone with a2 will have to call (and maybe even raise)any big bet you make .if the board then pairs you quarter them and they really cant lay it down and you are freerolling:D a pocket pair is about a coinflip vs any 4 random cards so they really arent very strong.aces of course are very strong as they will be killing other people possible nut lows as well as giving you an ok high but you need at least 1 card under a 5 to go with really. you have to be very carefull if you hit an ace on the flop and it kills your low.so many times ive seen people unable to lay down a set of aces when their low is busted and a straight is possible,either way your only going to get 50%of the pot and putting more in at that point is very dangerous. of course limit is a bit different and you can afford to call down more marginal hands but if you try pl a lot of seemingly good hands can end in tears.