Last night on UB in a PLO 8/b ring game in one hand I had 2 Kings in the whole and the flop was a King and two low cards, nothing suited. Someone potted and holidng the best possible hand I repotted all in and I got called. The villain calling me had a nut low draw and the final two cards were suited and so he rivered me with a flush. I smiled and rebought. This is not unusual.

Not much later, on Full Tilt this time, in a No Limit Omaha 8/b ring game, I got dealt a suited Ace/Deuce plus two low cards. The flop gave two low card and a King, two of these cards, don’t remember which ones, were suited to my already suited ace. So there I was holding the nut low draw, a straightdraw and the nut flush draw. Then my opponent goes all in for about $300. I have an unbelievable amount of outs so I call and indeed make the nut low and the flush. Turns out my opponent had two Kings in the hole and started calling me an idiot, retarded, a donk, you know, the usual stuff. I tried explaining that Omaha is a drawing game but that only ticked him off even more. Later I did the same thing to someone who flopped two pair. Are you kidding me? Two pair may be great in No Limit hold Em but in Omaha it is an average hand. Not bad but not extremely good either.

It’s a drawing game. If you have a set, better make sure there are no connectors or suited cards on the board. If you have a flushdraw, it better be an ace high flushdraw and if you have a straightdraw, it better not be the low straight. Be prepared to fold, Wait for a better spot. They will come and Omaha pots tend to be big so you will eventually get paid.