Since good players are playing with or drawing to the nuts, a successful bluff in Omaha needs the right board and good getting instincts.

Most bluffs are best played on the turn when the board pairs and the betting pattern indicates a straight or a flush. Just remember that a bluff will have to be a large or pot-sized bet to push someone off their hand, so bluffing in Omaha isn't a strategy for the faint-hearted.

The flipside of this is that big raises in Omaha are very rarely bluffs, so respect them: you'll be facing the nuts nine out of ten times.

Other bluffs can be constructed before you have even seen a flop. If you have the button and the bets limp around to you, a pot-sized bet can give you the pot then and there, or perhaps one or two callers at worst. If the latter is the case and any high cards hit on the flop, a pot raise allows you to represent trips very easily if the bet is checked around to you. Only the bravest or the most foolish players will call with weak draws and only the cleverest will see the bluff and re-raise.