Counting Outs In Omaha, A Quiz
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Hold’em players who try to learn Omaha inevitably have some difficulties at some point with reading the board. It’s a little tricky. Not only do the extra hole cards add complexity, but you have to play exactly three board cards and two cards from your hand. If you’re used to reading hold’em boards, you’ll definitely get turned around once or twice before you pick it up.
Here are a few exercises for new Omaha players to challenge their board reading skills. It’s the turn in each hand, and the hand on the left is drawing to beat the hand on the right.
Count the number of outs for the first hand in each instance. Answers will be in a followup post.
| # | Drawing Hand | Other Hand | Board Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T  9  8  8 |
A Q T  3 |
A 5 7 7 |
| 2 | A A Q J |
5 4 3 2 |
Q 8 6 6 |
| 3 | T 9 8 6 |
6 5 4 3 |
Q 8 7 4 |
| 4 | 7 5 4 3 |
T 8 7 6 |
6 4 9 J |
| 5 | A Q J T |
A J 9 5 |
J 9 5 6 |
Give it a shot.
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OK, this being Omaha, I had to double and triple check.
1. Four. Two 8s for 8s full; two 6s for a straight.
2. Four. Two As and two 6s for a full house. We cannot make a flush because we have only one diamond. We cannot make queens full because we’d have trip queens but could only play one more card off the board, and nothing else pairs our hand.
3. 17. Nine clubs make a flush. Two non-club 5s make a 9-high straight (playing 9-6 out of our hand). The six of hearts makes a 10-high straight (playing T-9). Two non-club 9s also make a 10-high straight (playing T-6). Three non-club Js make a queen-high straight (playing T-9).
That wrap with flush redraw tired me out, so I’ll get to the rest later!