Omaha is considered, by some, to be the hardest game of Poker to master. Of all of the different games of Poker, Omaha is for many the hardest to learn to play and the hardest to bluff in. It is played most often at fixed limits, like Texas Hold'em and pot limit.

It was no different for Bonomo, who discovered poker while he was an avid Magic player and quickly began honing his skills in online games. In the early 2000s, online poker experienced a massive boom, and Justin Bonomo quickly embraced this new challenge.