ProPokerTools – Omaha Player’s Best Friend

Few tools are as useful for the omaha player as the ProPokerTools Simulator. The reason is twofold:

1. Considering the large number of outs, redraws and combos in PLO, simulators are a must so as to learn/check what your equity is in various situations
2. ProPokerTools is the only one that I know of that lets you work with ranges and wildcards

Say you raised JT87 preflop from MP and got two callers behind you. You cbet on the KQ3 flop, the first one folds and the other raises you. What’s your likely equity?

Fill in the ProPokerTools form:

Click the “Simulate” button (or “Unroll” to get the equity on multiple streets):

If you start out, quite often your equity will be significantly different from what you may think. For instance, a wrap with no suit might not be as strong as you think on a two-flush flop, and an overpair with a flush draw could show a better equity than expected on slightly coordinated boards.

The remedy: run a lot of sims, each time a situation is unfamiliar to you, and when you study how well a specific hand fares against various holdings. In other words, always keep PropPokerTools within a few clicks distance.