Pot-Limit Omaha Quiz #1, Question One

[Matt]

I've been messing around a bit with Pot-Limit Omaha. I still don't know much about the game, so these quizzes will be very basic.

Omaha is a drawing game. It's not uncommon to have a 17-way straight draw in Omaha. Throw in a flush draw and your hand becomes even stronger. You need to play strong draws very aggressively to extract maximum value. To do that, you must be able to quickly identify how many outs you have. For beginners (like myself) it can take a while to figure out the strength of your hand.

How many outs does the following hand have to make a straight?

Your Hand:
:spadeJ: :diam10: :diam8: :club7:

Flop:
:clubQ: :heart9: :heart6:

[Matt]

You have twenty outs to make a straight: four kings, three jacks, three tens, three eights, three sevens, and four fives. You will make a straight over half the time with two cards to come.