You often will have the advantage of knowing where they stand. But their hands are usually so strong that this doesn’t help much, except for telling you to go out.
It is helpful for this type of player to be sitting on your right, because when he enters the pot, you will know to go out with all but your very best hand.
In most other games, you generally want tight, unimaginative players on your left, as you can raise them out of pots.
Even when you don’t raise, they seldom get in your way. But in Omaha eight-or-better, they do get in your way.
Thus, it is better to have them on your right where they act first, so you know whether or not they will play.
If three of four tight players happen to be sitting in a row, you probably would prefer to have them across from you rather than on your immediate right.
If they are sitting to your immediate right and are out of most pots, you will find yourself playing many hands out of position with the looser players on your left.
The very tight, solid players cause you to maneuver in and out of hands according to where the blind hits in relation to them.
You will have to consider how many of them are in the game and where everyone else is positioned.
But if only one or two of these super-tight players are in the game and you have a chance to get them on your immediate right, by all means change seats and do so.
Another benefit of having tight, unimaginative players on your right is that as the game becomes short-handed, they won’t adjust.
Thus, they will be out of a lot of pots and you will be able play many hands against the blinds, which is a big advantage.
Also, when you are in the blind, tight players will be in the attack position but will do very little stealing.
Consequently, you won’t have to defend when one of these players raises, because he will have to defend when one of these players raises, because he will have a premium hand.
In addition, you may get some walks (that is, win the pot when no one plays ) or not be raised, which allows you to play a poor hand and perhaps get lucky.
Finally, if the little blind just calls, he is a very tight, solid player, and you have position with the big blind, you can raise and frequently outplay him.
This is another small advantage to having this type of opponent on your right.
When a tight, solid player is situated on your immediate left, you ordinarily could steal the blind from him.
but in Omaha eight-or-better, unless the game is very tight, it seldom happens that you are on the button and no one else comes in. (Incidentally, if the game is this tight, you probably should look for another game.)
However, when the game is tight, players in front of the button often will all pass.
So it might do you some good to have the really tight players on your left. It is also OK to have bad players on your left in an extremely tight game.
Since position is so important, if they enter the pot when you have the button, there are a lot of different ways that you can win.
Nevertheless, keep in mind that if you are going to make any real money in Ohmaha eight-or-better, you are not going to do it stealing blinds.
You will have to get played with somewhere along the line, and it might as well be against weaker players.
Introduction / Automatic Play / High Versus Low in Three-Handed Pots / Loose Games / Multiway pot Versus Short-Handed Play / Scare Cards / Getting Counterfeited / Getting Quartered / Playing Against Steamers / Playing Against Tight Solid Players / Your Playing Style / Fluctuations / Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better / Afterthought
