Even though Texas Hold’em and Omaha are not very similar and have absolutely different approach to the game, when we start describing Sit N Go basic strategy, it comes out these two games are relatively close.
When you just make first steps in applying strategy in tournaments, most probably you will try to play tight while the number of players is yet huge. As time passes and other tournament members start leaving table, you already have a reputation of a tight player and this is the best time to use it doing some bluffing and stealing pots. This strategy is good for both Texas Hold’em and Omaha, but as this time we are concerned on Omaha, both Limit and Pot Limit, let’s make several corrections to polish this strategy and add some hints depending on the tournament stage. In our example we play Sit N Go with 9-10 players.
The beginning (7-8 players continue playing). You should be super careful in the beginning as this is the time when the majority of players make mistakes. It’s clear you want to win, but no one can lay the foundation of future winning from this stage. Your aim here is to play as tight as possible. Let’s say you play only a half of hands you would normally do. The reason for this is simple - many try to keep winning from the very beginning and in the result they probably will lose. You just need to stay cool and continue playing as this time your aim is to stay in the game.
Middle (approx. a half of players is left). At this stage you slowly approach to the end, but it’s not a good time to show your real play. Keep pretending a tight guy, but allow yourself playing a bit more hands. You are still the tightest player at the table.
Tournament culmination (3 players stay in). When tournament is almost over, it’s high time to show off your true face. Become a super-aggressive player, by this time you should have accumulated some money that allow you to be loose. Use your reputation to build your chip stack. As any position in tournament, even the third place, will give you money you can play freely and don’t worry about major hand. This is the right time to focus on hands containing high cards and push them as hard as you can trying to get more chips.