The Six-Card Omaha or 'Six O' for short is the newest of poker variations introduced to the poker rooms of the Rational Group. In mid March, Full Tilt Poker already added Irish Poker, PokerStars revealed 5-Card Omaha a week later. Now it's about FTP again.
The Six-Card Omaha is basically the same game as the regular Four-card Omaha, with the only difference being that players are dealt 6 cards. As Shyam Markus, poker room manager puts it "sometimes 5 Card Omaha isn’t enough".
The sames rules apply in the game; players can use two from the dealt cards and three from the board to make a poker hand. Because there are much more cards dealt in this variant, the premium hands are much more frequent; some even go as far as to say it's too much. The Poker Player magazine described Six-Card Omaha in 2009 the following way:
"Let’s be blunt, six-card Omaha was invented by, and is usually played by, utter degenerates."
The Six O games will be available in 6-max format (as full ring games are not possible due to the exhausted single deck).
FTP introduces the new gametype by nominating Six O as the game of the week next week, which mean double FTP points for the week for all the players who play at Six O tables. On top of this, MTOPS (Full Tilt Poker's new Micro Turbo Online Poker Series) will inlude a $3+0.30 tourney with a $7,500 guaranteed prize pool.
The Six-Card Omaha is basically the same game as the regular Four-card Omaha, with the only difference being that players are dealt 6 cards. As Shyam Markus, poker room manager puts it "sometimes 5 Card Omaha isn’t enough".
The sames rules apply in the game; players can use two from the dealt cards and three from the board to make a poker hand. Because there are much more cards dealt in this variant, the premium hands are much more frequent; some even go as far as to say it's too much. The Poker Player magazine described Six-Card Omaha in 2009 the following way:
"Let’s be blunt, six-card Omaha was invented by, and is usually played by, utter degenerates."
The Six O games will be available in 6-max format (as full ring games are not possible due to the exhausted single deck).
FTP introduces the new gametype by nominating Six O as the game of the week next week, which mean double FTP points for the week for all the players who play at Six O tables. On top of this, MTOPS (Full Tilt Poker's new Micro Turbo Online Poker Series) will inlude a $3+0.30 tourney with a $7,500 guaranteed prize pool.
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