5 Card Omaha Poker

Where to play 5 Card Omaha?

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:25:50 +0000

True, 5 Card Omaha is a brand new game. There are not many poker rooms out there that offer 5 Card Omaha tables. So if you want to try this beautiful game you need to know where to play. Ok, we don’t want you to google for hours we just make it short and recommend one room where you can play 5 Card Omaha for free: TrickyPlay.com

TrickyPlay is part of the Entraction Poker network. Entraction introduced 5 Card Omaha first and is also the best place to play so far. The traffic is very decent. Entraction is one of the biggest networks and you will always find a juicy 5 Card Omaha game there.

We recommend trying 5 Card Omaha at TrickyPlay.com. Simply click here to register and take a look!

5 card omaha poker strategy

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:18:41 +0000

You can imagine that there’s a big difference between 4 and 5 card omaha. The difference between hold’em and omaha is very big so there must be some difference between 4 and 5 card omaha games. And sure it is! In 5 card omaha you have way more chances to make strong hands. And good hands have even more potential to make great hands. Imagine a hand like 98765 – it’s almost guaranteed that you can make a straight with such a hand. But now take a look at hands like AAKK8. It’s not that strong any more. Sure it’s still a great hand but I’d prefer 98765. If you’re playing 4 card omaha you should still prefer AAKK hands over 8765 type of hands. You see: hands that are strong in 4 card omaha do not have to be equally strong in 5 card omaha.

So, what hands should you play in 5 card omaha? First of all you have to know what determines a strong 4 card omaha hand. It’s the connectivity that makes 4 card omaha hands strong. Hands like AAJT or JT98 are great hands. The same is true for 5 card omaha. Hands like AAKQJ are extremly strong because they not only have a strong pair in it, they also show a great connectivity. So if you know good 4 card omaha hands you should not have any problems spotting good 5 card omaha hands.

One strategy that works for 4 card omaha also works for 5 card omaha. And that is: selecting a hand with potential and play it ultra aggressive! So just pick up a hand that has a lot of potential like 87654, QQAKJ or something like that and play it aggressive. Raise before the flop and be willing to risk all your chips on the flop or the turn if you have a legitimate draw.

But there’s a big difference between 4 card and 5 card omaha you should pay attention to. The hands in 5 card omaha are way better. It’s way easier to make some very strong hands in 5 card omaha because you have one more card you can use to build hands. If you play 4 card omaha there are six hand combinations. If you have AKQJ you can use: AK, QJ, AQ, AJ, KJ and KQ – 6 possible hands. Now what about 5 card omaha? There you have 10 combinations. Let’s take AKQJT: AK, AQ, AJ, AT, KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, JT ! That’s a lot isn’t it?
So it’s way easier to make great hands with 5 card omaha and you should pay attention to that. Don’t overplay your hands. Only look for the nuts!

There’s one exception. You can’t make a flush easier than in 4 card omaha. You only can get two cards in two suites which is also possible in 4 card draw. So it’s not more likely to make a flush in 5 card omaha than it is in 4 card omaha.

How to play 5 card omaha poker

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:17:55 +0000

Everybody knows that omaha poker is the new hold’em. Everybody wants to play omaha and even the big players like Ivey, Dwan and Antonius prefer omaha over hold’em. That’s an indication how this game will develop. But stop! We’re talking about the standard omaha game with four hole cards. There’s a lot of action and that’s why this game is so interesting. Stop again! What about playing omaha with 5 hole cards? Doesn’t that mean even more action and an interesting game? Indeed it does! So let’s take a look at the new omaha game called 5 card omaha:

5 card omaha is played like the standard omaha game. The only difference is that you get 5 instead of 4 hole cards. There are no other differences except for the amount of players that can participate in a 5 card omaha game. There are only 52 cards in the deck so you have to be careful. Obviously you can’t play with 10 players because those players will already take 50 cards. You can only play with 9 or less at least in online 5 card omaha games where you don’t have any burn cards. Then the players receive 45 cards and 5 cards are used as community cards.

So, that’s the big difference between 4 card and 5 card omaha.
You have to use exactly 2 of your 5 hole cards in 5 card omaha. It’s like 4 card omaha. There you can also only use 2 of your cards.

The big difference is in the 5 card omaha strategy! To learn 5 card omaha poker you should take a look at our 5 card omaha strategy section.

Welcome to 5 Card Omaha Poker

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:16:51 +0000

We’re sure that you ever played omaha poker with 4 cards. In fact almost everybody does and even more players will stop playing hold’em and start playing omaha. But wait. Instead of following other lemmings you can be the first to try something new: 5 card omaha. Yes, that’s no misspell – you can play omaha with 5 cards in your starting hands.

This site is dedicated to those who are interested in 5 card omaha – the new action game!

Have fun!