Pot Limit Omaha - The trap hands
There are good hands, there are bad hands - and there are dangerous hands. The last ones are hands that will put you in difficult situations and may cost you a lot of money. They are also called traps hands.
There are three typical trap hands in Pot Limit Omaha:
- Small pairs: pairs below 9 should be treated with great care. Even if you do hit a set on the flop you might be up against a bigger one. When this happens you will be in big trouble. If you lack the discipline to throw your hand away you will pay dearly. Remember that you in this situation only will have one out to improve your hand. However, if your short stacked and flop a small set you might go all-in and hope to double up.
- Low wrap hands: 5d-4s-3d-2c is an example of a low wrap hand. When you hit a straight with a hand like this you might well be beaten by a higher one. If that happens you're drawing dead and have no chance of winning the hand. This might prove very costly.
- Small flushes: when you flop a flush holding small cards of the suit in question you have to very careful. In these cases there is an obvious risk that someone has you beat with a higher flush.