Poker Rooms With Omaha Tournaments

While Omaha Poker is becoming more popular online the number of Omaha tournaments is still small in comparison to other forms of the game (especially NL Holdem). This article looks at the various types of Omaha Poker Tournament available online.

Poker Rooms with Omaha Tournaments #1 - Sit-n-Go Omaha Tournaments

Sit-n-Go Omaha tournaments are single table tournaments which start whenever enough players (usually 10) join. Paying the top 3 places these tournaments are a great way to gain Omaha tournament experience at a low cost. The most popular Omaha sit-n-go tournaments are usually the pot limit Omaha-high variety, fixed limit and Omaha hi-lo sit-n-goes are also available and fill up fairly quickly at the larger on-line poker rooms.

Poker Rooms with Omaha Tournaments #2 - Pot Limit Omaha Tournaments

Pot Limit Omaha is the most popular variation of Omaha poker played in online tournaments. Regularly scheduled games on many sites exist with buy-ins ranging from a few dollars to over $200. Occasionally bigger buy-in Omaha tournaments are scheduled as part of special events such as the Poker Stars WCOOP and Full Tilt FTOPS series.

Poker Rooms with Omaha Tournaments #3 - Limit Omaha / PL Omaha Hi-Lo

If your preferred games are fixed limit Omaha poker or pot limit Omaha hi-lo then the number of tournaments available is going to be slightly smaller. The larger poker rooms such as Party Poker, Poker Stars and Full Tilt have tournaments which cover all of the above variations. Fixed limit Omaha tournaments usually feature smaller buy-ins and smaller fields than the pot-limit variations of the game - sticking to the higher traffic sites will ensure the best selection and largest possible field sizes.

Poker Rooms with Omaha Tournaments #1 - Re-Buy Tournaments

Many online poker rooms offer re-buy Omaha tournaments. These allow you to buy in again should you lose your stack during the first hour. Many opponents will play wild and loose because of this fact - meaning the chip stacks can grow rapidly. Re-Buy Omaha poker tournaments usually allow an additional 'add-on' at the end of the first hour. For one more buy-in players get to add an additional 1500 or 2000 chips to their stacks. When considering whether to join a re-buy Omaha tournament bear in mind that the total cost require to compete effectively can be several times the advertised buy-in.