Party Poker Pot Limit Omaha
Overview
First of all, there are obvious similarities between NLHE and PLO poker Both are flop games with four streets of betting and ‘standard’ starting stacks of 100BB. Both are big-bet games (though the pot-limit restriction in PLO poker takes on greater significance when comparing the two). Play no-limit Texas Hold’em poker, pot-limit Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud and more. We welcome players of all skill sets and bankrolls with a variety of stake levels and buy-ins ranging from $0.10 to $300. Don’t wait any longer: download our poker software for free, claim your welcome bonus and play poker online now! Pot-limit Omaha Hi-Lo Almost the same as Omaha except the pot is split between the high and the low hands and the end of the game. A low hand must contain five different cards that are equal or inferior to 8. For example, A-2-4-7-8.
| Cards dealt to each player | 4 concealed |
|---|---|
| Community cards dealt | 5 |
| Number of betting rounds | 4 |
| Limits | Fixed limit Pot limit |
| Blinds or antes | Blinds |
At a first glance, Omaha looks a lot like Texas Hold'em. But in Omaha, each player receives four cards - this gives Omaha an interesting complexity.
The Game
In Omaha, you get four hole cards, cards that the other players cannot see. Then, successively during the hand, five cards are dealt face up on the board. They are community cards that all players can use to put together a five card poker hand.
When all cards are out, you must use two of your hole cards and combine them with three community cards in order to form the best possible poker hand.
Blinds
Omaha is played with blinds. Before the cards are dealt, two players to the left of the dealer post a small and a big blind to create a starting pot.
The deal
When the blinds have been posted, each player is dealt four cards face down, the hole cards.
Then the first betting round takes place, starting with the player to the left of the big blind.
The flop
When the first betting round is finished, three cards are dealt face up on the table. They are called 'the flop'.
Then the second betting round takes place, starting with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.
The turn (fourth street)
After the second betting round, the fourth community card is dealt. It is called the turn.
The third betting round takes place, starting with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.
The river (fifth street)
The fifth and last community card is called the river. Now the hand is concluded by the fourth and last betting round, again starting with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.
If more than one player remains in the hand after the betting, there is a showdown.
Game Advice For Omaha
Four of a kind – an easy fold!
In Omaha, picking up your four hole cards and seeing a monster hand is not that great, since you can only use two of them. If, for example, your hole cards are four kings, you do not have four of a kind! As a matter of fact, you cannot even make three of a kind, since no king can come on the board.
Or, if you have four hearts, your chances of making a flush are worse than if you had had only two hearts. If you have two hearts and two spades in your hand, your flush chances are even better.
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So, do not be fooled when you look down at a fantastic hand in Omaha.
Big straight draws
After the flop in Texas Hold'em, a made hand (such as three of a kind) is usually the favorite against a drawing hand (such as four cards to a straight). In Omaha, this is not the case, since there are so many ways of making a really good hand. With these draws, you can put in a lot of bets.
For example, if you hold T-9-6-5 and the flop comes K-8-7, there are 20 cards that will make you a straight if they came on the turn or river: four fours, three fives, three sixes, three nines, three tens, and four jacks.
With Ah-Ks-Th-9s and a flop of Qh-Jh-3c, there are 22 cards that would make you either a straight or a flush. 16 cards would make you a straight: four eights, three nines, three tens, three kings, and three aces. The nine remaining hearts would give you a flush, but three of them have already been counted, since they also give you a straight: the 8h, 9h, and Kh.
In both these cases, you have equal or better chances than a player who made three of a kind on the flop.
Starting hands with connecting cards
With four cards, there are much more combinations than with two cards. Since all four cards can be combined with any of the other three cards, an Omaha hand is not like two Texas hands, it is like six. So, in Omaha, look out for hands where all four cards connect in some way.
The popularity of Pot Limit Omaha continues to grow, prompting Party Poker to roll out a new Power Series schedule that’s heavy on PLO action.
By heavy we mean PLO tournaments starting every half hour from 7:30 CET to 05:30 CET of the following day. It all adds up to weekly prize pool guarantees in PLO events totaling $435,000. Almost half of that guaranteed total – $198,000 – is reserved for weekend action when more players have free time and are at the tables.
Huge Variety of Buy-ins
The buy-ins for the new and improved PLO Power Series schedule start as low as $2.20 and go as high as $530. There are lots of different entry fees within the two ends of that spectrum, promising plenty of action for all budget sizes, whether you’re a recreational player, a seasoned pro, or somewhere in-between.
No matter the buy-in, the starting stack for all Power Series Pot Limit Omaha events is set at 200 big blinds. Each tournament is structured in the style of the recently completed MILLIONS Online, the record-breaking tournament held last month at Party Poker that paid out more than $21 million – the biggest online poker tournament ever.
In addition to a wide range of buy-ins, there’s also a variety of speeds with regard to blind levels. Players can choose among Normal, Fast, Turbo and Hyper PLO games, which is certainly a welcome mix sure to satisfy everyone.
All Events are Freezeouts
What may not satisfy all players but will likely appease the majority is that the Power Series PLO tournaments are all structured as freezeouts. No re-entries or rebuys are permitted, forcing players to make do with starting stacks of 200 big blinds, which really is plenty of chips to work with.
Party Poker makes a point of listening to suggestions and feedback from players. Among the desires that many players mentioned was for more freezeout events, so Party Poker responded by lessening the number of re-entry tournaments.
Additional facts to know about the Power Series PLO schedule is that all play will be on six-handed tables. That increases action and creates looser play, as the blinds come around much faster than on 9-player tables.
PLO Hi/LO Included
Also spurring more action are Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo (PLO8) tournaments. Party Poker promises more such events than ever before in the new Power Series. Players aim for the best high and low PLO pots, which tends to create more excitement and bigger pots.
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Of course, players who enjoy Bounty Hunter tournaments will have their share of events to choose from as well, with the bounties on the head of each player increasing as they continue to eliminate opponents and run deeper in the tournament. Party Poker has set a new standard for Progressive Knockout (PKO) tournaments by not taking any rake on the bounty portion of the entry fee.
Party Poker Pot Limit Omaha 2020
The new and improved PLO Power Series schedule kicks off on Sunday, January 13. There will be 61 tournaments to choose from with guarantees totaling $129,350.