Books on Omaha Poker

To master the complexities of Omaha, many players turn to books written by poker experts. These resources explore the nuances of the game, providing valuable guidance on crucial aspects such as hand selection, position play, pot odds, and bluffing strategies. By exploring the insights and techniques presented in these popular books, players can develop a solid foundation in Omaha. Whether you’re a beginner eager to learn the ropes or an advanced player looking to sharpen your edge, these books offer the wisdom and practical advice necessary to succeed in the exciting world of Omaha poker.

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    What I Know About Poker

    By: Alex Scott
    Subtitle: Lessons in Texas Hold'em, Omaha, and Other Poker Games

    Poker isn’t a fast track to wealth. It requires effort and dedication. In “What I Know About Poker”, strategy writer Alex Scott offers a mix of classic and new insights to elevate your game. This comprehensive guide is essential for any poker player.

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    Fundamentals Of Poker

    By: Mason Malmuth, Lynne Loomis

    An authoritative manual presenting top-notch tactics for excelling in the foremost casino poker games like seven-card stud and Texas hold ’em, complemented by expert advice on conquering Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, seven-card stud eight-or-better, razz, and lowball. This description might pertain to a different version of the same publication.

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    Winning Omaha 8 Poker

    By: Mark Tenner, Lou Krieger

    Omaha eight-or-better high-low split, commonly known as “Omaha/8”, is a poker variant that is increasingly gaining popularity. However, it is often misunderstood by many. Consequently, skilled players have the potential to make substantial profits in this game. This book serves as a valuable resource for poker enthusiasts looking to enhance their skills.


    Mastering Pot-Limit Omaha

    By: Herbert Okolowitz, Wladimir Taschner
    Subtitle: The Modern Aggressive Approach

    Mastering PLO stands out as a unique and impressive book that introduces a fresh approach to the game, unlike most PLO books that suggest an outdated, highly conservative game-plan that’s ineffective in today’s games. This book provides detailed explanations on pre-flop hand selection and dynamics, including wide 3- and 4-bet ranges analysis and optimal bet-sizing theory. It also teaches how to leverage equity shifts on turn and river, and the art of bluffing. It helps you comprehend the game better, fostering a comprehensive view of the play by linking preflop decisions to later actions. And there’s more… A well-defined game-plan and the right mindset can significantly boost your win-rate and give you an advantage over your opponents. Mastering PLO is the key to gaining that advantage!

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    How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker

    By: Mike Cappelletti

    Unlock the secrets to dominating Omaha high-low poker with this powerful, clearly written guide. Packed with over sixty hard-hitting sections, this book provides essential winning strategies for mastering the game. Learn the rules of play, optimal starting hands, and effective tactics for navigating the flop, turn, and river. Discover how to accurately read the board for both high and low hands, identify dangerous draws, and crush low-limit tournaments. With included odds charts, a comprehensive glossary, low-limit tips, and strategic ideas, this guide is your key to making serious money at the Omaha tables.


    The Complete Book Of Casino Poker

    By: Gary Carson

    The Complete Book of Casino Poker reveals key concepts like position, aggression, draws and tells that are essential for games like Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo. Gary Carson’s “selective aggression” technique can transform your poker game, making you a smarter and more dynamic player. You’ll learn how to choose the right game, leverage position for power and information, tailor aggression to each variant, and avoid costly mistakes like slow-playing strong hands. This strategy forces opponents to make tough decisions, increasing their chances of mistakes that you can profit from. With over 50 million American poker players and 1 million weekly World Poker Tour viewers, mastering these strategies is crucial for success.


    The Winner’s Guide to Casino Poker

    By: Edwin Silberstang

    The author of “The Winner’s Guide to Casino Gambling” presents a comprehensive study of poker, suitable for both home and casino players. Silverstang uses real game anecdotes to illustrate playing strategies, emphasizing that poker is not solely a game of luck. By mastering the right skills and understanding the psychology of the game, readers of this “poker’s bible” can gain the competitive advantage needed to outplay their rivals.


    Championship Omaha

    By: T.J. Cloutier, Tom McEvoy
    Subtitle: Omaha High-Low, Omaha High and Pot-Limit Omaha

    This book offers over 15 comprehensive practice hands, focusing particularly on tournament play and updated tournament formats. It features over 25 new card illustrations and provides clear strategies and expert advice on the optimal starting hands, maneuvering through the flop, turn, and river, identifying risky draws, and strategies for both low-limit and high-stakes games. It also covers how to adjust strategies against different types of opponents and the nuances of rebuy versus freeze-out tournaments. Additionally, readers will understand the risks of slowplaying strong hands, the pitfalls of playing danglers, and the unique scenarios in Pot-limit Omaha where folding the nuts on the flop is the right move. This edition also introduces advanced strategies for exploiting Omaha high-low in multi-game tournaments, drawing from Cloutier’s experience at the World Series of Poker’s $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.


    Play Poker Like the Pros

    By: Phil Hellmuth
    Subtitle: The greatest poker player in the world today reveals his million-dollar-winning strategies to the most popular tournament, home and online games

    Play Poker Like the Pros is a comprehensive guide on how to play and win at modern poker games such as Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. Even if you’re a novice who has never handled a deck of cards, Hellmuth’s book will guide you through the rules and setup of each game, followed by basic and advanced strategies. He instructs on when to play certain hands, bluff, raise, or fold, and offers techniques for reading opponents and maintaining composure under stress. The book also includes special sections on conquering online poker games and a behind-the-scenes look at tournament play. Hellmuth’s strategies are designed to help you triumph over any type of player, from the unpredictable Jackal and the overzealous Elephant, to the conservative Mouse and the skilled Lion.


    How to Beat Low-Limit Poker

    By: Shane Smith
    Subtitle: How to win big money at little games

    This book is a must-have for the 95% of poker players sticking to low-limit games, offering them a chance to win big in the $1-$2, $2-$4, $4-$8, $6-$12 games commonly found in casinos, card rooms, and home poker games. Smith shares essential tips and strategies for winning at various poker games including hold’em (limit and no-limit), Omaha high-low, seven-card stud, as well as online and low-limit poker tournaments. The advice is straightforward, making it perfect for beginners and those new to the game. With poker’s increasing popularity, this book is the key to learning how to play and win.


    Poker For Dummies

    By: Richard D. Harroch
    Subtitle: A Reference for the Rest of Us!

    Poker For Dummies is an all-encompassing guide that caters to the increasing popularity of poker in America. The book offers valuable insights for both beginners and experienced players looking to enhance their skills and increase their winnings. It covers various poker games, provides advice on playing in different settings, and discusses strategies such as understanding odds, reading opponents, and bluffing. The guide also delves into poker tournaments, money management, and recordkeeping. With anecdotes from professional players, Poker For Dummies emphasizes that while learning the rules is simple, becoming a consistently successful player requires dedication and hard work, much like achieving success in life.

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    How to Play Poker Every Day and Survive

    By: John H. Heberle

    This book is designed for poker enthusiasts who are passionate about the game but are tired of losing more often than winning. It focuses on Texas Hold’em, the most widely played poker variant globally. Many players find themselves frequently playing in local casinos or with friends, yet they seldom win. This book aims to debunk the notions of “Bad Luck”, “Bad Draws”, or “Drawn-out on Again” and instead provides practical strategies to enhance your gaming skills for consistent victories. It primarily discusses “open table” play in a casino setting, with additional insights into tournament play and Omaha. It presumes a basic understanding of poker, Texas Hold’em, and “card odds”. It’s not a technical analysis of probabilities, but a practical guide to improving your winnings in various situations. The author, a seasoned poker player, shares his experiences and strategies from his time as a Poker Proposition Player in a popular Southern California casino. His survival in the game depends on his overall winnings, despite not winning every day. He shares how he evaluates his performance by averaging his wins and losses monthly. As per “Guitar Man”, this book offers a unique and powerful perspective, positioning the author as a “poker pro for the rest of us”.


    Mastering Omaha/8 Poker

    By: Mark Tenner

    Omaha eight or better high-low split, also known as Omaha/8, is a poker variant that is rapidly gaining popularity, second only to Texas hold’em. Despite sharing many similarities with Texas hold’em, Omaha/8 also has notable differences that can lead to significant profits for skilled players. However, while there are numerous books on Texas hold’em, literature on Omaha/8 is scarce. This book, an updated version of the highly successful “Winning Omaha/8,” fills this gap. It includes new chapters on topics never before covered in poker literature and updates previous content to reflect the game’s recent advancements. “Mastering Omaha8,” a comprehensive guide and tutorial, is an invaluable resource for poker players looking to enhance their Omaha/8 skills.


    Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker

    By: Stewart Reuben, Bob Ciaffone

    In this comprehensive guide, the author delves into the intricacies of playing poker with pot-limit or no-limit betting structures. The book explores general poker theory and its practical applications across a variety of popular poker variants, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Lowball, and Seven-Card Stud. By providing an in-depth analysis of the strategies and concepts that underpin successful play in these high-stakes formats, the author equips readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate the complex decision-making processes inherent in pot-limit and no-limit games. Whether you’re a seasoned player looking to refine your skills or a newcomer seeking to understand the nuances of these exciting poker formats, this book offers valuable insights that will help you elevate your game and maximize your profits at the tables.


    The Poker Player’s Bible

    By: Lou Krieger
    Subtitle: How To Play Winning Poker

    This guide to card-playing, by poker expert Lou Krieger, encompasses nearly every facet of poker. It begins with an introductory chapter that lays out the rules of poker, followed by a detailed ranking and explanation of poker hands, from a Royal Flush down to One Pair. The book then progresses to explore the mechanics of the game, shedding light on strategic concepts and illustrating how a deep understanding of strategies distinguishes casual players from their more serious counterparts. Subsequent chapters offer guidance on how to differentiate between winning and losing hands, calculate odds, execute bluffs, recognize an opponent’s bluff, and decide when to raise. Krieger focuses on the five most popular poker variants: Texas Hold ’em, Omaha, Omaha/8, Seven-card stud, and Seven-card/8. The concluding chapters provide resources for further exploration of poker, including recommendations for online play websites and a glossary of betting terminology. The book is enriched with over 300 color illustrations that present common poker scenarios.

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    Starting Out in Poker

    By: Stewart Reuben

    Poker is the quintessential gambling game, blending card-playing skills, luck, intuition, and psychology, making it both challenging and captivating. With a solid understanding of Poker, you embark on a lifelong journey of discovery about yourself and others. In this user-friendly introduction, professional player and teacher Stewart Reuben offers newcomers a thorough grounding in the essentials of play, covering all popular variants of Poker. Learn Poker from scratch, brush up on the basics, and benefit from numerous hints and tips in an ideal first Poker book for players of all ages.


    The Little Black Book of Poker

    By: John Hartley, Kerren Barbas Steckler

    The Little Black Book of Poker is a compact guide to the popular card game of poker. It covers the essential rules, strategies, and tips for playing various types of poker games, including Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and more. The book is designed to help beginners learn the basics of the game and improve their skills, while also serving as a handy reference for more experienced players. The spiral-bound format makes it easy to use and carry around, making it a convenient resource for poker enthusiasts.

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    Mastering Hold’em and Omaha Poker

    By: Mike Caro, Mike Capelletti

    This influential book on winning money at hold’em and Omaha, the two most popular poker games today, is a collaboration between the leading authority on Omaha and the top poker theorist. It features over 100 sections that reveal professional secrets and winning strategies. The book is packed with examples, odds charts, key observations, and detailed play options, making it one of the most significant poker books ever published.

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    The Science of Poker

    By: Dr. Mahmood N. Mahmood

    This revolutionary gambling book offers a comprehensive analysis of Limit and Pot-Limit Omaha, Texas Hold ’em, and Seven-Card Stud, as well as No-Limit Hold ’em. It provides a general discussion of the three primary skills of poker—”people, probabilities, and money”—and includes a detailed overview of starting-hand selection and simple methods for calculating probabilities relevant to these games. Additionally, the book features analyses of a hundred examples of the most common situations in “after the flop play” for Omaha and Hold ’em, and “beyond the fourth street” play for Seven-Card Stud.


    Secrets of Professional Pot-Limit Omaha

    By: Rolf Slotboom
    Subtitle: How to win big, both live and online

    Pot-Limit Omaha is quickly gaining traction in the poker world, thanks to the ongoing poker boom. Despite its growing popularity, players have found it challenging to find comprehensive advice on mastering this intricate game. “Secrets of Pot-Limit Omaha” emerges as a pioneering guide, diving into the strategies of medium and high-stakes PLO with unprecedented clarity. This book unveils critical strategies previously unpublished. It covers a wide array of topics essential for PLO success, including a novel short-stack strategy, adjustments for playing with a larger stack, optimal bet sizing, strategic seating, the use of blockers, executing the bare ace bluff, and leveraging opponents’ weaknesses. Additionally, it provides valuable theoretical and practical insights through practice hands and hand match-up analyses. This book is indispensable for anyone aiming to excel in Pot-Limit Omaha.

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    Practical Poker Math

    By: Pat Dittmar
    Subtitle: Basic Odds & Probabilities for Hold'em & Omaha

    Pat Dittmar provides a comprehensive and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities, and expectations in Hold’Em and Omaha, emphasizing that players have little chance of improving their results without a fundamental understanding of these concepts. The book is aimed at beginning through semi-pro players who want to enhance their performance, and features complete formulations demonstrated through easy-to-follow, color-coded calculations. Dittmar, head of trading and development at TradePointTechnologies.com, believes that successful poker players possess the skills required to excel in the fast-paced, global financial markets, and his organization recruits traders exclusively from the poker world. “Practical Poker Math” addresses the crucial question: What are the odds of winning at poker if you don’t know the odds in poker?

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    Farha on Omaha

    By: Sam Farha, Storms Reback
    Subtitle: Expert Strategy for Beating Cash Games and Tournaments

     Sam Farha, the world’s greatest Omaha player, collaborates with noted poker writer Storms Reback to provide simple strategic tips for those new to the game of Omaha poker, helping them become winning players by offering strategies on how to beat the three most popular forms of Omaha—limit, eight-or-better, and pot-limit—in both cash games and tournaments, and sharing practical advice, advanced strategy tips, and discussions of specific hands from Farha’s victories at the World Series of Poker and high-stakes cash games where millions were at stake, ultimately promising to transform beginners into winning players and winning players into champions


    Omaha High-Low Poker

    By: Shane Smith
    Subtitle: How to Win at the Lower Limits

    Shane Smith  focuses on the latest rage in poker, Omaha high-low, providing clear, concise, and easy-to-understand guidance for beginning and intermediate players to start winning from their first game. The book covers essential topics in ten quick-reading chapters, including rules, betting and blind structure, advantages of Omaha over Texas hold’em, starting hands, playing the flop, turn, and river, strategic concepts, tournament tips, and avoiding bad habits.


    How To Win The Championship

    By: T.J. Cloutier
    Subtitle: Hold'em Strategies for The Final Table

    For those passionate about winning at tournament hold’em and Omaha, this book is an essential purchase. By the world’s most successful tournament player, it offers detailed strategies for reaching and conquering the final table, where significant prizes await. The guide shares insights on accumulating chips and leveraging them for the best shot at clinching the title, trophy, and cash rewards. Drawing on the tactics that have propelled T.J. Cloutier to more championship tables than any other poker player, the book covers crucial topics across thirty-five chapters. These include managing stack sizes, understanding antes and blinds, navigating table positions, recognizing opponents’ styles, and much more, providing a comprehensive toolkit for serious players aiming for the top.

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    Pot Limit Omaha

    By: William Jockusch
    Subtitle: Understanding Winning Play

    A comprehensive guide that explores the complexities of this increasingly popular poker variant. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of hand valuation to advanced concepts such as short stack play, wrap hands, blind stealing, and pot size manipulation. With numerous sample hands and an emphasis on winning strategies and thought processes, this book offers valuable insights for players of all skill levels looking to improve their Pot-Limit Omaha game.

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    Championship Tournament Poker

    By: Tom McEvoy

    A must-have book for every poker player’s library, endorsed by more than five world champions and rated by professionals as the best book ever written on tournament play. The book is filled with winning strategies for all 11 games featured in the World Series of Poker, including extensive coverage of 7-card high, high-low, lowball, razz, limit, pot-limit, and no-limit hold’em, as well as Omaha high, high-low, and pot-limit. Additionally, it provides valuable insights on various tournament formats such as re-buys, half-half, satellites, supersatellites, and mixed games. The authors offer strategies for each stage of tournament play, profiles of notable players, and answers to frequently asked questions about handling challenging situations in tournaments. With its comprehensive approach and expert endorsements, this book is an essential resource for any player looking to excel in the competitive world of tournament poker.


    Poker at the Millennium

    By: Mike Caro, Mike Cappelletti
    Subtitle: Holdem and Omaha

    In this concise and engaging textbook, you’ll quickly learn the professional secrets to dominating the two most popular high-stakes poker variants. Through clear, proven advice and step-by-step examples, you’ll rapidly acquire the tactics and techniques necessary to crush both your opponents and buddies at the poker table.

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    Advanced Pot-limit Omaha

    By: Jeff Hwang
    Subtitle: Small Ball and Short-Handed Play

    Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha: Small Ball and Short-Handed Play by Jeff Hwang is a poker strategy book that focuses on the popular game of Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO). The book delves into advanced concepts and strategies for playing PLO, specifically in small ball and short-handed situations. Small ball refers to a style of play that involves making smaller bets and raises to control the pot size, while short-handed play refers to playing at tables with fewer players, typically six or fewer.

    The book covers various topics, including hand selection, position, reading opponents, and betting strategies. It also provides numerous examples and hand analyses to help readers understand the concepts and apply them in real-life situations. The book is aimed at experienced PLO players who want to improve their game and gain an edge over their opponents.

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    Omaha High-Low for Low-Limit Players

    By: Bill Boston

    Designed for experienced low-limit Omaha high-low players who are looking to become consistent winners, this book combines Bill Boston’s extensive simulation results with practical playing advice to help you master hand selection and elevate your game. By utilizing the meticulously tabulated statistical charts and seasoned insights provided by Boston, you’ll gain the ability to accurately predict the outcomes of playing various hand ranges, giving you a significant edge over your opponents in $2/$4, $3/$6, $4/$8, and $5/$10 limit games.


    Scoop! Big O and PLO8

    By: Greg Vail, Doug Hull
    Subtitle: Winning High Low Concepts for the Hold'em Mind

    This is a poker strategy book that focuses on teaching winning concepts and strategies for two popular poker games: Big O and Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (PLO8). The book is designed for players who are familiar with Texas Hold’em but want to expand their skills and knowledge to these high-low split games. It covers topics such as hand selection, reading opponents, pot odds, and bluffing, as well as specific strategies for playing Big O and PLO8. The goal of the book is to help Hold’em players transition to these games and improve their overall poker skills.


    Superstar Poker Strategy

    By: Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan
    Subtitle: The World's Greatest Players Reveal Their Winning Secrets

    The world’s top poker players share their expert advice on mastering various poker styles such as tournaments, cash games, no-limit, limit and pot-limit hold’em, Omaha (high-low and PLO), 7-card stud (razz, high-low), and triple draw in the book Superstars of Poker. The book features strategies and secrets from poker legends like Doyle Brunson, known as the greatest poker player and the Godfather of Poker, and Phil Helmuth, who holds the record for the most WSOP championships. Other contributors include Daniel Negreanu, a 6-time bracelet winner and author, Lyle Berman, founder of the World Poker Tour, Bobby Baldwin, Johnny Chan, Mike Caro, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Crandell Addington.


    Real Poker Night

    By: Henry Stephenson, Lou Krieger
    Subtitle: Taking Your Home Game To A New Level

    This  guide covers every aspect of poker, from setting up a serious home game to running a no-limit tournament. It provides casino-grade rules for resolving any situation and offers advice on maintaining a friendly atmosphere in games. The book also explains the mathematical basis of poker strategy and how to use tactics and read tells in a home game setting. It offers introductions to popular poker variants like Texas Hold ‘Em, Seven-Card Stud, and Omaha. The book, which includes a foreword by Poker for Dummies author Lou Krieger, is the first to bring the intensity of serious poker to casual players. It’s worth noting that poker is played by 60-80 million Americans and watched by over 5 million people on shows like the World Series of Poker on ESPN, the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel, and Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo.

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    The Winner’s Guide to Omaha Poker

    By: Ken Warren

    Warren guides both new and intermediate Omaha players on how to secure wins from their initial game. This book covers a wide array of topics including the fundamentals of Omaha, such as the rules, betting, and blind structure, alongside reasons to choose Omaha over Texas Hold’em. It also includes a glossary, strategies for interpreting the board, and insights into basic strategies. Readers will gain knowledge on Omaha high, Omaha hi-low split 8/better, strategies for playing draws and made hands, evaluating starting hands, counting outs, and calculating pot odds. Additionally, the book explores the distinctive aspects of split-pot games, identifies the best and worst Omaha hands, and provides detailed advice on how to play before the flop, on the flop, and on the turn and river, among many other topics.


    Pot-Limit Omaha Poker

    By: Jeff Hwang
    Subtitle: The Big Play Strategy

    This book is a gateway to the world of the most lucrative cash game in poker. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a curious hobbyist, this guide equips you with a winning strategy tailored for the action-packed tables of Pot-Limit Omaha. From the bustling poker rooms of Europe to the fervent tables of North America, Omaha is reshaping the landscape of the game with bigger pots and more excitement. With clear, concise instruction and practical insights, you’ll navigate the intricacies of Omaha’s gameplay, unlocking its subtle distinctions and transforming yourself into a formidable player capable of dominating both live and online play. Isn’t it time you stepped up to the challenge and claimed your share of the excitement and riches Pot-Limit Omaha has to offer?

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