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I am starting to think I do not understand omaha as well as I thought. this hand was in a 1000 point freeroll. 4 clubs on the board and I hold the ace of clubs. I lose to 2 pair? sorry for the hand format it is off their site. I have a screen shot of the hand if you would like to see it. I just called what I thought was the nut flush since I was expecting a chop with the low. notice the villian has the 6c for a flush also. my nic on that site is prossound. I am sure I did not play the hand that well as I am just starting to play other poker games. but help me understand how hand strengths work in omaha. I thought it was like holdem with more cards. sorry if this rambles I am frustrated.

PokerStars Game #51306710942: Tournament #321304380, 1000+50 Mixed Omaha H/L (Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit) - Level VIII (25/50) - 2010/10/18 17:15:06 ET
Table '321304380 61' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: cabilajalf (9938 in chips)
Seat 2: hot tub44 (1800 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: topp_gunn101 (4486 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: beshens007 (7413 in chips)
Seat 5: vinzi68 (8160 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: Dineyis (1485 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: prossound (11800 in chips)
Seat 8: rllicq (2625 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: OREO MY DOG (745 in chips) is sitting out
prossound: posts small blind 25
rllicq: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to prossound [As Ac Ts Jh]
OREO MY DOG: folds
cabilajalf: calls 50
hot tub44: folds
topp_gunn101: folds
beshens007: raises 150 to 200
vinzi68: folds
Dineyis: folds
prossound: calls 175
rllicq: folds
cabilajalf: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Tc 5c 4c]
prossound: checks
cabilajalf: checks
beshens007: bets 300
prossound: calls 300
cabilajalf: calls 300
*** TURN *** [Tc 5c 4c] [Qs]
prossound: checks
cabilajalf: checks
beshens007: bets 950
prossound: calls 950
cabilajalf: calls 950
*** RIVER *** [Tc 5c 4c Qs] [8c]
prossound: checks
cabilajalf: checks
beshens007: bets 2100
prossound: calls 2100
cabilajalf: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
beshens007: shows [Qd Ah Th 6c] (HI: two pair, Queens and Tens; LO: 8,6,5,4,A)
prossound: shows [As Ac Ts Jh] (HI: a pair of Aces)
beshens007 collected 4300 from pot
beshens007 collected 4300 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8600 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 5c 4c Qs 8c]
Seat 1: cabilajalf folded on the River
Seat 2: hot tub44 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: topp_gunn101 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: beshens007 showed [Qd Ah Th 6c] and won (8600) with HI: two pair, Queens and Tens; LO: 8,6,5,4,A
Seat 5: vinzi68 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Dineyis (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: prossound (small blind) showed [As Ac Ts Jh] and lost with HI: a pair of Aces
Seat 8: rllicq (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: OREO MY DOG folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[the_hawk]

You have to use exactly two of your hole cards and exactly three cards from the board in Omaha.

[pb foot]

I did not realize that thank you. I started to think that may be the case after I posted.

[kz282]

You could have made the bare ace bluff here, if villain is capable of folding any non-nut flushes. The bare ace bluff means you bet as if you had the flush, but you only have the ace from the suit. If you can "tell" them that you have the ace high flush, they will fold.