Omaha Poker Starting Hand Rankings

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PLO Starting Hands Chart

Poker Beginners Guide: Low Hand Rankings (1) Low hands in poker can often be confusing for newcomers to the game. Indeed, even experienced players make mistakes reading the low board from time to time. The two key things to remember are. The best possible low hand on Omaha Hi/Lo (and Stud Hi/Lo) is 5-4-3-2-A. Best Starting Hands in PLO Poker. Like other variants of poker, PLO success begins with solid starting hand selection. The very best PLO players in the world play a wide range of hands, but those. Omaha holdem poker starting hand ranks. The 1st Part. When holdem players turn to playing Omaha they usually know what to do when the flop is opened but they don’t know how to consider starting hands in Omaha holdem poker.

Here is a basic and conservative pot limit omaha hand chart for being the first to open (everyone folds to you) in various positions.

Note that “BBB” or “NNN” assumes the random cards are different (unpaired).

Key:

B: Broadway card (A, K, Q, J, T) ss: Single suited

N: Non-low card (K, Q, J, T, 9) ds: Double suited

x: Any card as: Ace suited

r: Rainbow ks: King suited

UTG:

BBBB, NNNNss, ANNNas, AKNNds, AKQxds, AAxx, AKKxss, KK65ss +, KKBBr +, AQQxas +, QQxxds, 9988 +, TT98ss +, T988ss +, JTT9ss +, JJT8ds +, QQ98ss +, QQT8ss +, QJT9r +, A987as +, 9876ss +, T976ss +, T986ss +, QT98ds

MP:

Starting

All of the above plus KK54ss +, QQBBss, QT98ss, QT98ss, J987ds, A876as, 9875ss, 9865ss, JJ98ds, 9987ss, 9877ss, T998ss

Also play any BBBBds hand (paired or not)

Omaha Poker Hand Rankings

CO:

All of the above and add BBBxds, KKxx, QQ76ss +, A88xas +, 5566 +, 4567ss +, 5567ss +, 7765ss +, 8776ss +, A456as +, K765ks +, 9765ss +, 8654ds +, 9976ss +,TT86ss +, 9986ss + JT9xss +, T98xds +, QJ9xds +, QT9xds +

Rankings

Also play any BBBBss hand (paired or not)

BTN:

All of the above and add BBBxss, QQxx, A66xas +, A234as +, 2345ss +, 4455 +, 3567ss +, 4456ss +, 6654ss +, 7643ss +, K654ks +, 7754ss+, 8864ss +, J98xds +, 876xss+, 456xds +

SB:

Poker Hand Ranking Printable

Start out same UTG, you then add hands slowly going up the positions in the chart depending on how much the BB reacts (if he 3bets light, uses positional advantage postflop, etc.). Note that you should be doing the same thing for the other position depending on what you know of the people left to act behind you (especially the BTN and CO).