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Pot-Limit Omaha Rules: Four Cards, Use Exactly Two
How to play Pot-Limit Omaha: dealing, betting rounds, the must-use-exactly-two rule, and the hand-reading traps that catch every Hold'em player moving to PLO.
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Pot-Limit Omaha: four cards, bigger draws and very different hand values.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPot-Limit Betting: How to Calculate the Pot
How pot-limit betting works: the maximum bet and raise, the quick 3× formula for a pot-sized raise, and worked preflop and post-flop examples.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPLO Hand Values: Why Equities Run So Close
Why Omaha equities are so close: calculated match-ups for aces, rundowns and double-suited hands, why one pair rarely wins and why drawing to the nuts matters.
PLO4 · Stage 1PLOPLO Starting Hands: Suited, Connected and Double-Suited
What makes a strong PLO starting hand: nut potential, suits, connectedness and pairs. The best hand types, the ones to avoid, and equity numbers for each.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPLO Preflop Strategy: Position, Raising and 3-Bets
How to play PLO before the flop: why position matters even more than in Hold'em, opening ranges by seat, raise sizes, when to 3-bet, and how to defend the blinds.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLODrawing in PLO: Wraps, Nut Draws and Redraws
How to count and value draws in Pot-Limit Omaha: wraps with up to 20 outs, nut and non-nut flush draws, combo draws, redraws and freerolls — with calculated equities.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPLO Flop Strategy: C-Bets and Board Texture
How to play the flop in Pot-Limit Omaha: which boards favour the preflop raiser, c-betting heads-up and multiway, bet sizes, and how to play made hands and draws.
PLO4 · Stage 2PLOPlaying Aces in PLO
How to play pocket aces in Pot-Limit Omaha: good and bad aces, why 3-betting aces works, what happens multiway, and how to handle aces after the flop.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOBlockers in PLO: Bluffing With the Nut Blocker
Why blockers matter even more in Omaha: bluffing with the nut blocker, blocking straights and full houses, choosing bluff-catchers, and when blockers aren't enough.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOSPR and Commitment in PLO
Stack-to-pot ratio in Pot-Limit Omaha: SPR in single-raised, 3-bet and 4-bet pots, the 1-3-9 rule for pot-sized bets, and which hands are strong enough to commit.
PLO4 · Stage 3PLOPLO Turn and River Play
How to play the turn and river in Pot-Limit Omaha: how the nuts change, when to keep betting, river value bets, bluff-catching and folding second-best.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Rules: What Changes With Five Cards
How Five-Card Omaha works, what's the same as PLO4, and what changes: ten two-card combinations, stronger showdown hands and a bigger premium on the nuts.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Starting Hands: Building Five-Card Hands
How to judge Five-Card Omaha starting hands: nut potential, suits, connectedness and the fifth card — with equity numbers for the best and worst hand types.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Equity: Why the Nuts Matter Even More
How equity behaves in Five-Card Omaha: closer preflop races, sets vs draws after the flop, the cost of non-nut draws and why second-best hands lose the biggest pots.
PLO5 · Stage 1PLOPLO5 Preflop Strategy: Opening, 3-Betting and Position
A practical preflop plan for Five-Card Omaha: opening by position, raise sizes, which hands to 3-bet, playing the blinds and adjusting for multiway pots.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Flop Play: Playing for the Nuts
How to play the flop in Five-Card Omaha: naming the nuts, betting nut hands with redraws, handling sets and two pair, c-betting less, and folding second-best.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Draws: Wraps, Redraws and Freerolls
Drawing in Five-Card Omaha: 20-out wraps, nut vs non-nut draws, discounting outs when opponents hold more cards, and how redraws and freerolls win the biggest pots.
PLO5 · Stage 2PLOPLO5 Bluffing and Blockers
When bluffing works in Five-Card Omaha: why pure bluffs succeed less often, how five-card blockers help, the best bluffing spots, and what river raises usually mean.
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