Preparing for Omaha

Rafi Amit is an accomplished Omaha players, and he has shone on the game's biggest stage. At the 2007 World Series of Poker, he cashed in five different events, with four of those being Omaha or Omaha eight or better tournaments. He won his first gold bracelet at the 2006 WSOP in the pot limit Omaha tournament, and he finished 16th in the WSOP Europe – London pot limit tournament.



Cameron Yoos: What are the biggest differences between being successful at Omaha versus hold'em?



Rafi Amit: Omaha is a game, basically, you have to know what you are going to do after the flop, not as much before the flop, like hold'em. Especially in deep stack Omaha, and I think that is going to be the case tonight because we start with a lot of chips (10,000) and there are the re-buys.



CY: Do you expect the common mistakes you see in Omaha at this level of buy-in, with all the big names entered?



RA: I don't know if the big names are going to do it as a mistake, but they would like to gamble a little bit more, and try to take my chips, and that's a good opportunity to take chips off them. They don't care to buy in like eight times or something.



CY: What is your strategy reguarding the rebuys? What approach have you used in the past to be successful?



RA: Before I was going a little bit too crazy, but now I just try to play good, with a little bit of gamble. But it depends on the table. If people are willing to gamble, I'll obviously have more opportunities. If people are going to play tight, I can't do too much. You just can't go in and push chips around.

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