Are you bored of plain old Texas Hold’em? Does Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) not have enough action for you? Want to play a new game? At 888poker you now have the possibility to play two additional, exciting poker variants: PLO5 and PLO6. They have the same rules as Pot Limit Omaha, but instead of having 4 hole cards, you will have 5 hole cards in PLO5 and 6 hole cards in PLO6. Now, you’ll have even more ways to make the best 5-card poker hand to scoop the pot. This adds even more action and fun!
These new formats are now available to play in 888poker cash games, which you can play from your computer, tablet or mobile phone using the mobile app. Those who want to start playing at the lower limits can play PLO5 and PLO6 tables at $0.01/$0.02 with buy-ins as low as $1. As you gain experience and confidence in your game, you can move up the levels.
Special 888poker promotions, freerolls and challenges
To celebrate the launch of the new modalities, 888poker is offering special promotions to offer with challenges and freerolls for all those who play PLO5 and PLO6 cash games. There will be a Weekly Freeroll 🤑 with $2,000 guaranteed for those who play 150 or more hands of PLO5 or PLO6 during a week. This freeroll will run on Saturdays for five weeks.
There will also be a $10,000 guaranteed BIG Freeroll 🤑 that will be played after the promotion ends. To qualify, you must play 300 or more total cash game hands of PLO5 or PLO6 during the promotion. While you practice and have fun playing the new modalities, you can win tickets to the freerolls that will give away thousands of dollars in prizes. Don’t miss this opportunity!
More promotions:
- Players can earn up to 100% rakeback every day while playing PLO cash games in addition to any other rakeback promotions.
- Play any PLO cash game for a chance to win an 888poker LIVE experience of your choice!
Pot Limit Omaha rules and tips
Pot Limit Omaha is a flop game that is played in the same way as No Limit Hold’em except that each player is dealt four hole cards (or 5 or 6, as in the case of the new 888poker games) and must use two of them to make the best possible 5-card hand. As it is Pot Limit, betting in each round (pre-flop, flop, turn and river) is limited to the size of the pot. Therefore, you cannot go all-in unless your stack is the size of the pot (or less).
Here are the Top 30 starting hands in PLO (double-suited):
| 1. A-A-K-K | 11. K-Q-J-T | 21. Q-Q-A-K |
| 2. A-A-J-T | 12. K-K-T-T | 22. Q-Q-A-J |
| 3. A-A-Q-Q | 13. K-K-A-Q | 23. Q-Q-A-T |
| 4. A-A-J-J | 14. K-K-A-J | 24. Q-Q-K-J |
| 5. A-A-T-T | 15. K-K-A-T | 25. Q-Q-K-T |
| 6. A-A-9-9 | 16. K-K-Q-J | 26. Q-Q-J-T |
| 7. A-A-x-x | 17. K-K-Q-T | 27. Q-Q-J-9 |
| 8. J-T-9-8 | 18. K-K-J-T | 28. Q-Q-9-9 |
| 9. K-K-Q-Q | 19. Q-Q-J-J | 29. J-J-T-T |
| 10. K-K-J-J | 20. Q-Q-T-T | 30. J-J-T-9 |
As you can see, it’s still precious to hold big pairs, as in NLHE, with the exception that as you have four hole-cards, redraw possibilities are also extremely important. It’s for this reason that A-A-J-T (double-suited) ranks as the #2 best starting hand as you have the power of a pair of aces versus broadway straight and nut flush potential.
Brazilian Vivian Saliba is an 888poker ambassador and has been playing Pot Limit Omaha for over 10 years, as it is her favourite form of poker. In September she won her first WSOP bracelet with a PLO event at the European edition in the Czech Republic, collecting a prize of $101K.
Here are some tips Vivian gave for those who are taking their first steps with PLO:
- Play connected cards
- Play fewer hands
- Make the nuts
- Play tight pre-flop
- Bluff with blockers
- Double check your cards
She also listed the most common mistakes players make in their first PLO games:
- Play too many hands
- Overestimate the value of the big pairs
- Not studying the game
In this video you can see Vivian Saliba giving advice on hand selection in Pot Limit Omaha:
Good luck at the 888poker online PLO tables! 🍀
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