Empirepoker is one of the larger poker rooms on the Internet and as a result, you can play Texas Hold'em at literally dozens of different tables, 24-7. Using the amazing empirepoker software is pretty straight forward. When you first open the program, you'll see the typical poker room lobby. Use the list box of live games and tournaments to navigate to the room and table of your choice
Empirepoker is quickly becoming "the place" where a lot of the best online poker players play. EmpirePoker's site mentions that it is one of the fastest going online poker sites, It is not hard to find a great game of poker. I have come across many a PRO playing on Empirepoker.
The online players at EmpirePoker is mixed between a lot of beginners and quite a few novice players; many will call you to the river with bad hands. Usually that's good for you, but that also means you'll end up at the river a lot.
The long haul is what counts and Empirepoker is definitely a top place for taking the money from the peasants. Don't be afraid to go all the way in on a lot of your hands. When you are playing against beginners and even many novice players they will get scared if you show to much strength in your hand.
The Rules
In Omaha Hold'em when playing at Empirepoker
Each player receives 4 hole cards and everyone shares 5 community cards, similar to Texas Hold'em.
The catch is that you must use exactly 2 cards from your hand and 3 cards from the board to make your 5-card poker hand.
In general the winning hands in Omaha are much better than the winning hands in Texas; in a game of more than 3 people usually a straight or better wins.
When you are first playing Omaha, you should make sure you are actually using 2 cards from your hand, and not 3 or 1.
Here is a example, if the board is K Q J 5 4, and you have A Q 4 4, your hand is only three-of-a-kind 4's.
You do not have full house of 4's over queens.
If the board is A K Q 10 9, then your J J 5 4 is not a straight, since you must use two of your cards.
Why play Omaha? Omaha Hold'em is not as popular as Texas Hold'em but is played by plenty of fish.
Also, a lot of good Texas players want to try out Omaha and are unfamiliar with the game but they may still play at high limits because they are good at Texas.
These players generally play too loose.
Also, it is much more of a technical game because it is easy to see what the best hand is, since usually there is a flush or a straight on board and odds are that somebody has one. |
