Re: Do you play only the premium hands or are there exceptions?
The secret is not to play just the premium hands, but only to play hands that can make the nuts.
A5 is not a good hand preflop as it can never make the nuts.
234 means A56 is the nuts. A5 suited however, I would play in a pot limit game, but I wouldn't be playing it for the low draw particularily.
So long as you pick hands that never draw to the idiot end of straights, or to non nut flush draws, then you will rarely find yourself a huge underdog. The secret to a happy life of omaha.8 is to always have outs. If you can pick hands that can always scoop if they hit, you will be fine.
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