A Bad Hand in Omaha Poker

Video Transcript

"Now, Omaha is a game of optimism. I mean, that's the way I feel about it. And if you play it long enough, you'll see that people will try to see the flop because they know that the game is played mostly from the flop on. But there are hands that you just want to throw away--you don't want to see the flop with, because they don't have any good drawing potential. Now here are a couple of potentials. This one looks good but isn't, because it's ace, ace, ace, seven. So, really, the only thing playable here is a pair of aces, since you must use exactly two cards from your whole cards. And since the only thing playable here is a pair of aces, the very best hand that you can get is three aces, if that lone case ace comes on the board. So, unless you're in the small blind and it only costs you another half bet to see the flop, and you're getting like six to one on your money, throw this hand away. Let's look at another example to throw away and not see a flop with. Say you're in early position and you're at an eight player table, and you're dealt nine, seven, three, deuce. Now there's a little bit of connectivity, but you see here we have what's called a Rainbow. We have one card from each suite. And, the connectivity is not high. If I make a straight with these cards, I'm worried about a higher straight beating me. Unless you're in the small blind or big blind, and you're getting good value, throw this hand away."