Poker Player Impressions of Omaha Manager

Recently, the developers behind the popular poker tracking software Holdem Manager unveiled a full release of Omaha Manager.  The software can work as a standalone product or as an add-on to Holdem Manager.  It imports hand history files from popular online poker rooms and compiles statistics identically to the process for Hold’em hands.  Because Omaha is starting to become more popular with the average player, Omaha Manager hit the market amid solid fanfare.  Its features include:

· Support for Omaha High-Low and Omaha High Games
· Quickly switch between Omaha and Hold’em stats
· Play Omaha and Hold’em simultaneously with different active HUDs
· Multiple graphs showing All-In EV, Rakeback, and Showdown Profits

Currently, the pricing model includes two options, a Small-Stakes version and a Professional edition that covers all game levels.  For current users of Holdem Manager, the upgrade prices for Omaha Manager are $40 and $65, respectively. Players looking to buy the product strictly for Omaha who do not own Holdem Manager will pay $55 and $80, respectively.

Players have hailed Omaha Manager as the best tracking, analysis, and Heads-Up Display (HUD) program for Omaha (both ring games and tournaments).  Reaching out to the game playing public, PokerSoftware.com polled a few Omaha aficionados about using the program:

Tygran37: I bought it to transition from being a casual to a more serious Omaha player so that I could eventually increase the number of tables.  I'm quite impressed having used the product now for a few weeks.  It basically works as well and as fast as the Hold’em version and so far has done basically everything I wanted it to.

Predator06:  I understand that Omaha Manager is the most comprehensive database program on the market, but I have used PokerTracker for three years and am afraid to make the transition at this time.  I have recently lowered my overlay to VPIP, hands played, PFR%, called PFR, fold to flop bet, and total money won/lost.  I have millions of hands in my database that help me make decisions and the loss of it wouldn't be worth the upgrades I would get with the new software.

Those two contrasting comments summed up most of the feedback we received.  Either people were casually playing Omaha and, now armed with Omaha Manager, were planning to take it more seriously, or existing PokerTracker customers were unwilling to upgrade for fear of losing their database.  It seems that the cost to upgrade for existing Holdem Manager players is low enough to even make Omaha hobbyists spend the fees associated with unlocking the software.

Roy Goncalves, the Support Manager at the software company behind Holdem Manager, responded to comments regarding some users not migrating to Omaha Manager because of potential database issues: "The option is easily overcome by simply exporting your hand histories from PokerTracker and re-importing them into Omaha Manager.  Users will then have their data from the last three years, but can now analyze it like never before.  Although there are times when PokerTracker will modify the hand histories a little when exporting, our software will import the hands. If there's ever a problem when a site changes its hand history format, they can submit it to us and we'll update the software."

It seems that most players' reactions to Omaha Manager have been overwhelmingly positive and, although there are a few who are still hesitant to move to the new software program, the developers of Omaha Manager have made the process as seamless as possible.



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