Mastering Omaha 8 Poker

Omaha eight or better high-low split is a form of poker that surpasses every form of poker except Texas hold'em in popularity. Omaha/8 has much in common with Texas hold'em, but there are significant differences too. As a result, better players stand to make a significant profit in the game.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Pot Limit Omaha! With four hole cards instead of two, PLO is a far more nuanced game than No-Limit Hold’em and one that emphatically rewards greater skill. This makes it a very profitable game for serious players – especially when playing at the small stakes where recreational players consistently make expensive preflop and postflop mistakes. Mastering Small Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha is a thoroughly comprehensive guide that will give you all the tools you need to gain a huge edge at lower stakes play. Fernando "JNandez" Habegger is a successful high stakes professional player and leading PLO coach with his own training site at PLOMastermind.com. He has trained hundreds of players to become successful at PLO. In Mastering Small Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha, preflop play is broken down by identifying nine different hand categories and analysing how hands within each of them are handled preflop. Postflop analysis is based around the powerful technique of the Four Pillars of Postflop Play. The combination of these two creates a powerful gameplan that constitutes a fast track route to domination at the lower stakes. Further topics include adjusting to live play, PLO tournaments, building the right improvement habits, dealing with variance, and managing your PLO bankroll.

From a semi-professional poker player, a guide to playing and winning the biggest game in town. If you’ve never tried Pot-Limit Omaha, you’re missing out on the most exciting, most lucrative cash game around. Omaha has long been the most popular form of poker in Europe, and now it’s spreading like wildfire throughout North America. The reason is simple: Omaha offers more action and bigger pots than Texas Hold ‘em. Isn’t it time you got in on it? Whether you’re a cash-game professional or poker hobbyist—and whether you play live or online—this book will arm you with a winning big-play strategy that's easy to master even if you've never played Omaha before. You'll discover the subtle distinctions that set Omaha above other games. Key topics include: • The Big Play Objectives • The Power of the Big Draw • Straight Draws and Starting Hand Construction • Playing the Position Game • Limit Omaha Hi/Lo and Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Complete with practice situations and hand quizzes, this is the most comprehensive Omaha book available—and the only one you'll ever need. “A great addition to poker literature.”—Bob Ciaffone, author of Omaha Poker “Everything you wanted to know about the game but never asked.”—Lou Krieger, author of Hold ‘Em Excellence

Most PLO books advocate a highly conservative game-plan – this style is outdated and will get you crushed in today’s games. Mastering Pot-Limit Omaha is different. It is a unique and remarkable book, outlining a whole new approach to the game: teaches you an aggressive styleprovides you with clear guidelines on how to develop your game-plan and adjust to your opponentsteaches you how to analyse board textures – the key to success in PLO Herbert Okolowitz (Huck3be1n) and Wladimir Taschner (Insyder19) are professional poker players, PLO experts and sought-after coaches on Pokerstrategy.com. They will explain in detail: pre-flop hand selection and pre-flop hand dynamics – including analysis of wide 3- and 4-bet ranges and the theory behind optimal bet-sizing.how to use equity shifts on turn and river to your advantage and how to bluff correctly.how to understand the game better and develop a holistic view of the play: connecting pre-flop decisions to action on later streets. Plus much more… A clear game-plan and the right mind-set will improve your win-rate tremendously and give you the edge against your opponents. Mastering Pot-Limit Omaha will give you that edge!

Love poker but looking for a change from endless No-Limit Hold’em? Take up mixed games! Mixed games are becoming more and more popular. The World Series of Poker features events such as Omaha 8-or-Better, Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, Razz, Stud High and Stud 8-or-Better – all of which are covered in detail in this book. There are also formats such as Dealer’s Choice, H.O.R.S.E., and 8-game, which require expertise in many of these games. Dylan Linde is a professional poker player and mixed games expert. In Mastering Mixed Games he gives a thorough introduction to each variant, explaining the rules and basic strategy before moving on to discuss advanced concepts. With this book you will specifically learn: * solid pre-flop ranges and hand strategies * how to apply generic concepts to each individual game * how to recognise and exploit your opponents’ tendencies The basic themes of poker apply to all games and learning a new variant is, essentially, just understanding how to value new ranges in a new game. Mastering Mixed Games will enable you to join the whole new generation of players who are exploring the weird and wonderful world of mixed game poker.

The oremost authority on Omaha and pokers top theorist team up on this power-packed book on winning money at hold'em and Omaha, the two most popular poker games played today. More than 100 sections detail winning concepts and professional secrets. Tons of examples, winning concepts, odds charts, pull-out concepts, key observations, and detailed play options and examples make this one of the most important poker books ever written. 328 pages.

Pot-limit Omaha to the untrained eye looks similar to Texas hold 'em except that you start with four cards instead of the standard two. But this complex form of poker has many differences and it continues to grow in popularity as the poker boom matures. This book starts with the fundamentals of hand valuation and continues up through advanced concepts. Topics include preflop hand strength, short stack play, wrap hands, blind stealing, marking aces, playing on the flop, which flops are good for bluffing, position and check-raising, pot size manipulation, blockers, and much more including numerous sample hands. This book is a discussion of winning play, and more importantly, winning thinking on all streets. It should be of value to almost all pot-limit Omaha players from the beginner to the more advanced, and every effort has been made to give you the best information possible, with nothing held back. Two Plus Two Publishingand William Jockusch are proud to bring you Pot-Limit Omaha