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- November 12, 2008
If you don’t have much
experience playing Pot-Limit Omaha, a good rule of thumb is to play hands that
can make the nuts because at a full table the pot will usually end up going to
the player holding the best possible hand. If there are three flush cards on
the board, the winning player will often show an Ace-high flush, and if the
board pairs, the winner will usually have a full house. While flopping the nuts
is nice, it’s even more important that you have redraws to make the nuts when
the board changes on later streets.
There's no question that
poker includes an element of gamble. Any time you risk something of value on an
event with an uncertain outcome, you're gambling. But there is a way in which
poker is the exact opposite of gambling, because poker is all about making
intelligent decisions. It's all about control.
