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Omaha is a game I play very little of live, mostly because most of the players I know enjoy Holdem far more, but I do manage to play often online.

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Whilst I do not claim to be an exceptionally gifted Omaha pocker player, I certainly know enough to pinpoint mistakes I see made every day by amateur players. I feel that many players are branching out from Holdem to experiment with Omaha at the moment, and this brings me to my first point. If you pair both your hole cards in Holdem you are usually in a commanding position on the flop, but this is not often the case in Omaha. Whilst I admit there is a reasonable chance you are in front, you will find that especially on lower stakes cash tables, you will get several callers and end up losing the pot.

When there are less online pocker players going to the flop you can of course be more confident of these type of hands, but you still have to be extremely wary of any three cards to a suit on board, or potential Straight combinations. These hands are the obvious dangers that can hurt you after a seemingly great flop of top two, or a set. The basic fact is that in Omaha, you are never safe until you have the absolute nuts.

On a similar point, big pocket pairs are pretty in Omaha, but they are still just a pair. I would recommend caution with these hands, as they are only as strong as the other two cards supporting them. Ideally you want your two Aces or Kings to give you Flush or Straight options too in relation to your other hole cards. So often I see players betting the maximum on every street regardless of the board cards, then turn over hands like (A,A,7,10) for a single pair. Reading the potential dangers of the board cards is of huge importance in Omaha.