Only difference in the way it's played is you get four hole cards, instead of two. But you can only use (and have to use) two of them to make a hand. You have Qs - 6h - Ah - Kc in your hand, the board is 7c 8s 9h Tc - you don't have a straight (as you would in hold 'em) because you're only using one hole to make a 5 card hand.
Strategically it's completely different, it's rarely played in No-Limit form as far as I know, it's usually Pot Limit - so there's no fold equity strategy like in hold 'em, you can't make someone fold by scaring them off with a big bet.
Forget all you know about hand rankings in hold em, these don't hold true in Omaha. Because it's usually played in Limit form, drawing hands are a lot more valuable - straights and flushes are a lot more common in Omaha than in hold 'em, not only because there are more combinations of hands you can have because you have 4 different cards instead of 2, but because limit games inherently more mathematical than those without a limit.
Assuming you're familiar with pot odds, EV (expected value) and the probability of making a certain hand, then you can always make a decision that gives you the most +EV (positive expected value - i.e the money you will make from making this decision over an infinite number of hands, the 'long run'), ergo whether you lose the hand or not, you've still made money in the sense that making that decision in the same situation 1,000,000 times, you will win more money than you lose.
This is still applicable in hold 'em, but not so much because no limit hold 'em is inherently more about playing the player, using reads and betting patterns as a means of manipulating the other player into a decision, as opposed to 'playing the odds' - it's a lot more situational than just calling, folding or raising depending on what probability says is the play that has the most +EV.
On the surface, it's hold 'em with 4 hole cards...but the way it's played is worlds apart from your regular hold 'em game.
Sorry for the reply like two weeks after you posted as well mate, I never check these things haha.
Only difference in the way it's played is you get four hole cards, instead of two. But you can only use (and have to use) two of them to make a hand. You have Qs - 6h - Ah - Kc in your hand, the board is 7c 8s 9h Tc - you don't have a straight (as you would in hold 'em) because you're only using one hole to make a 5 card hand.
Strategically it's completely different, it's rarely played in No-Limit form as far as I know, it's usually Pot Limit - so there's no fold equity strategy like in hold 'em, you can't make someone fold by scaring them off with a big bet.
Forget all you know about hand rankings in hold em, these don't hold true in Omaha. Because it's usually played in Limit form, drawing hands are a lot more valuable - straights and flushes are a lot more common in Omaha than in hold 'em, not only because there are more combinations of hands you can have because you have 4 different cards instead of 2, but because limit games inherently more mathematical than those without a limit.
Assuming you're familiar with pot odds, EV (expected value) and the probability of making a certain hand, then you can always make a decision that gives you the most +EV (positive expected value - i.e the money you will make from making this decision over an infinite number of hands, the 'long run'), ergo whether you lose the hand or not, you've still made money in the sense that making that decision in the same situation 1,000,000 times, you will win more money than you lose.
This is still applicable in hold 'em, but not so much because no limit hold 'em is inherently more about playing the player, using reads and betting patterns as a means of manipulating the other player into a decision, as opposed to 'playing the odds' - it's a lot more situational than just calling, folding or raising depending on what probability says is the play that has the most +EV.
On the surface, it's hold 'em with 4 hole cards...but the way it's played is worlds apart from your regular hold 'em game.
Sorry for the reply like two weeks after you posted as well mate, I never check these things haha.
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