I think Omaha is easier to make money in.

Yon666 · Aug 9, 2026

I think Omaha is easier to make money in.

Something funny happened to me yesterday.

I went into an Omaha freeroll without knowing how to play — I'd never played Omaha before. And just to pass the time while I was figuring out how it worked, I started being very aggressive with my bets, and went all-in a lot. It was a tournament with more than 500 people, and I finished in 70th place. I won a few cents.

Why do you think this happened?

monkeytilter · Aug 9, 2026

Yon666 said:
I think Omaha is easier to make money in.

Something funny happened to me yesterday.

I went into an Omaha freeroll without knowing how to play — I'd never played Omaha before. And just to pass the time while I was figuring out how it worked, I started being very aggressive with my bets, and went all-in a lot. It was a tournament with more than 500 people, and I finished in 70th place. I won a few cents.

Why do you think this happened?

You got lucky, it happens.
Congrats on the cash!

puzzlefish · Aug 9, 2026

The other side of it is that it is also easier to lose money in Omaha. Neat.

elflake · Aug 9, 2026

Your post is an excellent example of why Omaha should never be played as a no-limit game.

andron205 · Aug 9, 2026

harder than usual because casual and weak players are not very interested in this game

ztibor72 · Aug 9, 2026

You were lucky, I think it's harder to win in Omaha in a cash game than in NL Hold'em.

TheNutz4You · Aug 9, 2026

bad to decent NL players battling in the plo streets, usually equals free money to the average plo only player.

Sunz of Beaches · Aug 9, 2026

Yes that kind of feeling can come up when u are running good in a new game. And imo some is true: Bad players make a lot more mistakes in Omaha and if u really good then u can probably get enormous winrates longterm playing plo.

But its not that sinple because its a way more complicated game than nlh and to get really good at requires massive effort and u have to also put up with more variance. Ur swings will be a lot higher than in holdem. So u have to be ready to go on a 30+ stack downswing at times when putting in real volume. Thats extremely tough mentally and not for everyone.

I have a fitting analogy for u:

I was once in Afghanistan for a few days. Everyone told me how dangerous it is but nothing happened to me and i had a good time.

I now think Afghanistan is actually a safe place and will return soon.

comini · Aug 9, 2026

I think it was lucky. Omaha I already think it's much more difficult, because the odds increase, the more difficult the card. However, in cashgame, the omaha pots are often larger.

Magallaneroy · Aug 9, 2026

It's not easy if everyone else was playing Omaha. I don't like playing that type of poker. Those who win playing Omaha without knowing how to play it are beginner's luck.

RENEY444 · Aug 9, 2026

Now start going allin at omaha hi/low . Perhaps you will do well again !

dreamer13 · Aug 9, 2026

Play the game you enjoy the most and get the most enjoyment out of, not the one you think you can make the most money on.I don't think you can study for 1-2 years and then immediately start making money. You learn from your mistakes, you learn from experience. Honestly, I think you'll lose money at the very least at first. There's more to poker than just reading information with your eyes.

TheniT · Aug 9, 2026

Omaha can be easier to profit from because players make more mistakes and games are often more action-heavy. However, variance is much higher, so you need stronger bankroll management and a good understanding of draws and hand strength.

ExMoroccan · Aug 10, 2026

freerolls aren't real poker man. Half the field is playing super scared, so spamming all-in forces folds 80% of the time. Combine that with the fact that hand equities in Omaha are way closer than Hold'em and you get runs like this. Run that same strategy for a week straight and you'll see why people call PLO a rollercoaster.

WrongUsername · Aug 10, 2026

never easy at poker these new days.

Dmitriy_rus7 · Aug 10, 2026

I didn't use to like Omaha, but after 10–20 games, I like it too.

thedarkman · Aug 10, 2026

Er, you got lucky. Keep playing like that and your luck will soon run out, but whatever you do, stick to freerolls.

moraeskvmi · Aug 10, 2026

Some people think Omaha is just about pot-betting; what happened was luck, that's all.

padman400 · Aug 10, 2026

You can win more and lose more. Proper thinking game in my opinion 👍

dompoker · Aug 11, 2026

It's not easy for me, with five cards in my hand I tend to get confused how to set up my game, it's certainly easy to win, so to lose too.

bermejoga · Aug 11, 2026

I think the freeroll part is important. People play much more crazy when there’s nothing to lose. You may have just been more aggressive than the average player and variance did the rest.

bowserdon · Aug 11, 2026

bluffing Omaha not advised its a card driven game.That said you got lucky

Bitmaniac · Aug 11, 2026

I hate Omaha cause it is very hard. I guess you got lucky. There's nothing like having the best hand cause anybody can beat you

Rachidao · Aug 11, 2026

You got lucky but I agree with you, I see a lot of players at Omaha games that don't know how to play properly, if you learn how to play it is easy.

aajfilho · Aug 11, 2026

Most people don´t know what they´re doing

I think Omaha is easier to make money in.

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