Not only do aces play both high and low, they are the highest high card and lowest low card! Since aces have this flexibility that otherĬards don't, voluntarily entering any pot without at least one ace is illogical on its face. Aces play for high and low, so hands like AK32 have two high/Broadway cards and three low cards: 2+3 = 5 I'll answer the simple question first: 'how the heck can you have a five-card hand in a four-card game?'Įasy. Or more accurately, 'focus on playing five-card hands.' This is a basic concept, but few players actually follow it. Largely applies to Limit High-Low ring games, and somewhat applies to Of course, many of which had nothing at all to do with the cards, but the key card-playing philosophy I followed can be boiled down to four simple words,Īctually the secret is more micro-specialized than that, as in: 'The secret of Limit Omaha High-Low tournaments.' However, the secret also Doing as well as I did was due to more than one factor It's just a fact for any relative newbie to be aware of when considering the opinions voiced here. I don't say that as a way to suggest my opinion on Omaha strategy is therefore going to be 'right'. Prior to retiring from tournament poker in 2008, I won more Limit Omaha High-Low tournaments Mark Twainįor years people asked me if I ever held anything back when writing about poker strategy.

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The Secret of Limit Omaha High-Low Tournaments

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