Omaha Goldmine?:
Category: Poker
Texas Holdem is a wonderful game, and one which has soared in popularity in recent years. Due to this I feel that it is likely the bar has been raised in terms of skilled players try to turn a regular profit. Omaha however, has always maintained some popularity, but the game has never attracted the same interest as Holdem. I can see no real reason why this is the case, as I have grown to play more Omaha I have found it to be certainly more exciting to play than Holdem.
When it comes to making money at Omaha, I also think the skilled players find it a lot easier to turn a regular profit than the skilled Holdem players do. This is of course partly due to the Holdem players that switch over to experiment with Omaha, and simply can’t switch away from their Holdem state of mind. They consequently make mistakes, the biggest of which, is clinging on to a single big pocket pair when the board is showing every draw under the sun. I saw one such player manage to get all his $21 in with (Q,Q,x,x) on a board of (2,8,10). After being raised and reraised, two players called his all in, one with some sort of straight draw and a pair of tens, the other had (8,9,J,x). The first miracle for our man with the Queens, is that he thinks he is in front when he is raising and reraising on the flop, and due to the certifiable, insane play from his opponents, he’s actually right. The second miracle is that both players with a pair managed to miss pairing either of their other three cards as well as missing their straight draws. However nice the players pocket queens looked with that type of board, the reality was that he ended up having to dodge a cumulative total of about 30 outs both on the turn, and river.
He got incredibly lucky and won, but in Omaha, if you turn up in a Holdem mindset, it’s only a matter of time before the skilled players take you down.
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