The other day I had just a half hour to kill and conveniently drove by Sharky’s Card Room in Nashua, NH. I had not been in Sharky’s for about a year so I figured I would stop by and see if maybe I could find someone to play a quick heads-up game for $100. Unfortunately, there was no one there to play a heads-up match, and the only table with an open seat was a 2-4 Omaha High Only table. I generally like Omaha and think the opportunity to make a few dollars is greater because most people play it poorly. So I grabbed the #2 seat and bought in $40 worth of chips.

But 2-4 Omaha is not really poker at all. It is however a reformatted form of a lottery! Because the stakes are so low people will call with almost any opening hand. They will call with any flush draw, gut shot straight, or low two pairs. 2-4 Omaha is a game where people see a dream in every hand!

I played for my half hour, which saw me get a set snapped off once on the river with a guy who had a two card out.  I made two flushes that were winners, and I made a full house on the river that beat a guy that had me until that point. You win some, you lose some, but in low stakes Omaha you just keep hoping!

After a half hour I walked away with $55 ($15 profit), but the key is that it was fun. The table was chatty and friendly and that is all you can hope for in low stakes Omaha.