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Caesars Building Partnerships with Global Gaming Brands
This week Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) announced that they extended two existing partnerships. CIE has been working on building the World Series of Poker brand online this year in regulated markets. The new partnerships will ensure that the WSOP brand is further marketed online in regulated markets.
Caesars Extends 888 Partnership
888 Poker has been proving software to the current WSOP online poker room. The WSOP online poker room isn’t available in the United States yet. The new partnership will … Read the rest
Barry Denson Plans to Set New Record for Playing Poker for the Longest
Barry Denson, a poker player from the UK, has announced that he plans to set a new record for playing poker for the longest. On the 1st of July, he will play at G Casino, Manchester. The game will go on for five days. Most of Denson’s activity at the felt has been in live poker league tournaments.
Help for Heroes, a charitable organization that assists injured people in the armed forces, will benefit from the money made during the … Read the rest
Card Rush Promotion Running at PartyPoker
PartyPoker is running an attractive promotion called Card Rush in February. It will start on the 1st and continue for the rest of the month. Real money players of the site will have an exclusive opportunity to win prizes and freeroll entries through the promotion.
Card Rush promotion operates in a simple manner. Every time a player earns 15 Party Points, the poker site rewards him with a Card Rush ticket. On scratching the card, prizes are revealed. Every card … Read the rest
Omaha Hi/Low
For those who’ve read my last entry “Omaha,” I’ve decided not to keep you waiting any longer and finally post some of my strategies on Omaha 8 or better. For those who are unfamiliar with the game, please read my post; Omaha. You can find this post and many other funny or strategy related posts in the Big Edge Poker blog.
For those who’re familiar with the game, the biggest difference here is that low hands can win pots as well. This means that you have to make some adjustments to the starting hands that you choose to play. As a beginner you should try to only play starting hands that will allow you to scoop the spot.
For example; If you have A-K-4-2 and the board is A-3-6-7-J, then you have the possibility of winning the hand with either a pair of Aces or with a low hand of A-2-3-4-6 ( Remember! You have to play 2 cards from your 4 hole cards!). Here is a few strategies that if combined with my “Omaha” strategies will keep your bankroll on the upside!
Starting Cards! Now some of you are saying, “Matt, you mentioned this on your other post!” Very, very true. Again, this is very important! I would like to point out that your game can loosen up a bit since you can win with a low hand as well. To do this well, I wouldn’t play a starting hand that didn’t have at least 2 low cards in it and didn’t have at least 3 possible hands to be made.
For example: A 2 K 9 OR 4 5 K K OR A A 6 10
With my strategy, all of these hands can play for a low hand or play as straights or flush possibilites after the flop. IMO, it is very important to give yourself as many options after the flop as you can.
Try not to draw to a low without having some possibility of making a high hand as well. This can be done, but it is sometimes very tricky. The reason is simple: there is often more than 1 person going for the same low. This results in each of these players losing money even when they are able to make their low hand.
On the other hand, if you are able to find a scenario where the other players have straights, flushes and sets, you can play very profitably by just trying to make a low hand.
Trying to scoop the pot is definitely important for new players. Try to play hands that will win the whole pot. A good example would be the nut straight A-2-3-4-5 which would qualify you for the low and hi hand!!! Or just play with tighter starting hand requirements to keep you out of difficult decision making after the flop!
Above all, have fun and the game will come to you. If you combine the tips from this post and the tips from my “omaha” post I believe that they will help you come along as a winning player. Please stay tuned for other strategy posts from myself or any of our other Big Edge Poker Authors. If you have any questions or need some advice please feel free to ask!
