PLO Cash Games 
Evaluating Pot-Limit Omaha Starting Hands for Straight-Draw Potential
I've been enjoying the recent posts from our friend Matthew Pitt, a.k.a. YorkyPud, in which he's kept us up-to-date on "Pud's Poker Progress." Lately the Pudster has found himself playing a lot more pot-limit Omaha....
Warming Up and Cooling Down
One of the great properties of the game of poker is there are no physical requirements to play the game. It does not really matter if you are an extremely fit 19-year old or an...
The Transition From Hold'em To Omaha
Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) is a game that seems to be continually growing in popularity. Take a look at the biggest cash games being played online and the vast majority of them will be at...
Why Position Is Vital In Poker
As a general rule the average poker player in today's game is much more skilled, or at least more knowledgeable, than they were as little as three years ago. There are a number of reasons...
Overvaluing Aces in Pot-Limit Omaha
I was playing short-handed pot-limit Omaha the other day when a hand occurred that demonstrated a couple of truths frequently encountered when playing low limit PLO online. One was how a lot of players --...
Raising and cold calling ranges
One thing that really separates No Limit Hold'em from Pot Limit Omaha is the huge difference between raising and cold calling ranges between the two games. In No Limit Hold'em, generally the initial raiser (or...
Flatting with aces in PLO
This is one of the hardest things to drill into good Hold'em players when they start playing Pot Limit Omaha - learning to flat with aces in many situations. Although there is certainly a time...
The Steam Point
A topic first introduced to the general public by Barry Greenstein in his excellent poker book Ace on The River, the 'steam point' of a player is roughly defined as the amount of money/number of...
PLO - Staying in the game
One of the interesting things about Pot Limit Omaha, and arguably the thing that makes it by far the most profitable game out there for the astute player at the moment, is how few people...
Bet sizing in Omaha
Many weak Omaha players have one true love in their life - the pot button. This sits innocuously enough at the side of the betting button, but all too often becomes the instant go to...
Lethal Expectations
This is a concept that drives most people to distraction in all forms of poker, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Pot Limit Omaha. You raise a nice looking hand, you flop a monster...
The Four Street Game
One of the core reasons why Pot Limit Omaha has become such a popular game in recent years is the simple fact that play nearly always ends up having to go much further distances than...
Top and bottom pair in Omaha
This is one of the true devil hands in Pot Limit Omaha, and one which can get you into more trouble than perhaps any other. It's difficulty arises from both how strong it sometimes is,...
Aces and kings in Omaha hi/lo
One of the most interesting conflicts of hands in Omaha hi/lo arises when we look at how kings and aces compare to each other on various boards. Although aces appear to be a much stronger...
