Although Pot-limit Omaha is not played on a regular basis by many of the beginning players on the web, the game is certainly as exciting, or even more exciting than the more commonly seen Texas Hold'em variant.

By now we expect you to know the rules of Pot-limit Omaha, and to have grasped the concepts that were revealed in the first article of the Pot-limit Omaha Strategy Tips.

In the previous article we handed out some valuable tips to drastically increase your winning chances in Pot-limit Omaha. This article first of all will shortly recapitulate the main points of the previous article, and then further enlighten you on how to increase the edge on your opponents.

Recap

The previous article taught you to:

Realize How Quickly the Pot Can Increase in Pot-limit Omaha
While judging by the name Pot-Limit seems more relaxed than No-Limit Poker, the opposite is true: in Pot-limit Omaha pots build exponentially and can escalate quickly. This forces you to be more careful as to which hands to play and which hands to fold.

Be Aggressive with Quality Draws in Pot-limit Omaha
Applying this advice will work in two ways. You either pick up the pot immediately, or when players do call hitting your draw will prove to be extra profitable.

Play Pocket Pairs in Order to Hit a Set or Full House
When your pocket pair didn't improve to a set or a full house on the flop, there is absolutely no shame in folding. Most times not improving a pocket pair in Omaha, means that your hand is just too weak to invest a lot of money into the pot.

Part II - Table Selection in Pot-limit Omaha

The advice given in this article is focused around a very practical and basic concept of online poker in general, and PLO in specific. It is the first thing that every poker player does before playing a single hand at all, and maybe also the most important thing.

Regulars & Hobbyists

As is the case with all variants of poker, table selection is extremely important. In Pot-limit Omaha (PLO) this principle is even more valid. When you're playing the low to medium stakes, meaning up until the $2-$4 tables, the level of play differs a lot from player to player. Many of the players just play PLO as something on the side, next to Hold'em poker. Poker players in general can be divided into two groups: the occasional players and the regulars. PLO counts far more occasional players than Hold'em poker, good table selection therefore becomes more important and above all, more profitable.

Know Your Opponents

Following from the above, you should always look to sit down at a table with lots of inexperienced occasional players. One way to help you achieve this goal is to keep notes on the players that you come across. In this way you can identify the good and the bad players, and avoid or attack them accordingly.

The Size of the Stacks

However, one of the most helpful, practical and easy-to-use pieces of advice for you to improve your PLO table selection, is to simply look at the opponents' stack sizes. A table with players all having more than a complete buy-in front of them, is a bad sign. Most of the times those players sat down with a full buy-in, and it is certain that they are winning.

Stack-size as Indicator

Your goal should be to find a table where the majority of the players has a buy-in that is about 50% - 90% of the table maximum. These players are either losing money, or have bought in for less than the table maximum. Simply put, players that are losing are less likely to be good than players that are winning. And PLO players that buy-in for less than the full buy-in, often times are occasional players, and that's just what we're looking for!

Especially pay attention when a player buys in for, let's say $77.54 on a $0.50-$1 table. Chances are good that he's blowing of some steam with the remainder of his bankroll!

Avoid Short Stacks

Keep in mind that you don't want to sit down at a table with a lot of shorter stacks, meaning stacks that are under the 50% border. This will drastically decreases your implied odds, and above all it takes a lot of the skill and fun away from the game. (With Implied odds we mean the amount of money that you potentially can win of your opponent in one hand).

Off course, the higher the limits the higher the percentage of regulars and the less occasional players there are. On the highest stakes the tables are almost solely filled with seasoned regulars. Yet good table selection in low to medium stakes PLO games will radically increase your chances of winning.