Omaha poker was first introduced in Vegas cardrooms in the early 1980s.  It was 1983 when Omaha was first played at the World Series of Poker at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino.  The $1,000 buy-in limit Omaha event was won by noted poker author David Sklansky, who beat Perry Green heads up for the bracelet and the $25,500 cash prize for finishing first. Sklansky almost won back-to-back titles when he finished second in a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha event the following year to William Bennett.  That year (1984), the WSOP also included a $5,000 PLO tournament which was won by Dewey Tomko.

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