Light 3-betting plays a large role in online 6-max games. If you fold too often to potentially light 3-bets, you risk getting run over. If you play back too often at potentially light 3-bets, you risk giving too much action. It can be a fine line. Today’s question comes from James Q&A #123: Sticking It [...]

Over the past year I’ve focused almost exclusively on no-limit hold’em questions and answers. There are two reasons: that’s mostly what I’ve been playing this year, and that’s also mostly what most people play. But I have dabbled some in pot-limit Omaha this year, and I have to say I do really enjoy playing PLO. [...]

A few days ago I posted a hand reading quiz for Omaha. If you haven’t tried out the quiz yet, check it out before reading on. Here are the answers: 1 T 9 8 8 A Q T 3 A 5 7 7 8 outs – 2 eights, 4 sixes, 2 sevens The two sevens [...]

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 [...]

I’ll break out of my norm and answer a non-hold’em question today. Though I’ve played a fair amount of non-hold’em poker, I generally consider myself weaker on the other games than on hold’em, so I try to stick to hold’em-related questions. However, I felt I could write something worth reading Q&A #69: Limit Omaha High [...]