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Full Tilt Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo
Though Full Tilt is not the largest online poker room (PokerStars continues to hold that honor) it is considered by many to be the best Hold ‘em venue currently available. It’s no secret that Omaha has long been considered an offshoot of Hold ‘em, but after years of intensifying interest in the game it’s now getting its own fair share of the poker world’s attention. Does Full Tilt offer Omaha players the same exceptional game variety and opportunities it extends to visiting Hold ‘em players? Yes and no. Let’s face it, Omaha is not yet as popular as its community card counterpart Hold ‘em, so it’s just good business sense that Full Tilt Poker (and virtually all the other major poker rooms) does more to feed the hungry Hold ‘em crowds. That said, Full Tilt is one of the only poker rooms—large or small—that gives Omaha players so many opportunities; both by way of cash tables and through small weekly Omaha-specific tournaments and large regular Omaha-inclusive events.
The Full Tilt Poker Omaha tables offer stakes that match and exceed what you’ll find in even the most fervent of live poker rooms. For example, their renowned $2000/$4000 Omaha Hi/Lo table has been known to regularly boast pots of in excess of $25,000 a hand. Full Tilt isn’t just for high rollers, either. They offer the lowest of the low stakes with micro-stakes tables of $.01/$.02. Their sit-n-go entries are likewise affordable for players of every level, and their larger tournament events offer small time players an honest shot at a big prize pool.
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Full Tilt Bonus
Full Tilt doesn’t put a whole of emphasis on their bonus and promotions program, but they’re pretty generous with the free perks nonetheless. Their first deposit bonus of 100% on up to $600 is inarguably one of the best offered by a major poker room. (It certainly goes a lot farther than PokerStars’ $50 offer.) They offer a good loyalty points program and help players earn bigger prizes through their popular daily Happy Hour promotion. The only downside is that your points can only be used for Full Tilt-specific merchandise, and that they do not offer a cash back option.
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Full Tilt Poker Software
As you may have already heard, the Full Tilt Poker software is exclusive and exceptional. If you like what you see when you play at their tables, then it bears mentioning that you won’t find that software anywhere else. The Full Tilt team continues to make regular updates and upgrades to the software, but as it stands right now the package is nearly perfect. Every page you open is quick to load; every prompt you make is completed instantaneously. Despite a huge player base, there’s never any table lag and the player interface offers an impressive range of options.
Site
Sleek is the best way to describe the Full Tilt Poker site—both in design and operation. The layout and design scheme are memorable but functional and even after several hours of continuous play, the site will never be hard on the eyes. The lobby leaves a little bit to be desired and makes no sense against the backdrop of the site but is first and foremost clean and easy to navigate. This seems to be a theme for Full Tilt Poker, as all their secondary pages feature the same straightforward and stripped down feel. Everything you need to know—and plenty of things you probably don’t—is readily available and instantly accessible somewhere on the site. Full Tilt also takes their player support a step above by offering expansive advice and tips pages.
Game Quality
As they proudly state on their homepage, Full Tilt pays the pros to hit their tables regularly, and Omaha is not out of their circle of interest. While the bulk of the player traffic tends to hang out around the Hold ‘em tables, during peak hours you can find Omaha players numbering in the hundreds and even thousands. Cash tables are quick to fill and sit-n-go tournaments are available almost hourly. With tens of thousands of active players at any given time, the play level is guaranteed to be somewhat low. That said, the site’s doting and promoting of pros has made their higher stakes tables pretty tough. This is where serious online Omaha players come to work. If you’re a solid amateur player, then you shouldn’t have trouble holding your own (and even winning consistently) at the low and middle stakes tables, but be prepared for tournament-quality competition if you’re going to be playing high stakes.
