Re: Ohama 8 stragegy question
The key difference between holdem and omaha-8 is that you can never be a very big favorite pre-flop in omaha (with the exception of AA-low-low against another pair with no low). So preflop raising loses it's value-oriented benefit. If you can isolate with a raise preflop shorthanded, it's an important weapon, but it's rarely a good idea to raise preflop early in any kind of omaha-8 tournament.
Omaha is all about play after the flop, and a small pot makes that easier. There are several top omaha experts who do very little raising in the early stages of a tournament, and that would apply to the first few levels of a SNG.
Irieguy
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