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Omaha is similar to Texas Hold-em poker in using a three-card flop on the board, a fourth community card, and then a fifth community card. Each player is dealt four hole cards (instead of two) at the start. In order to make a hand, a player must use precisely two hole cards with three community cards. The betting is the same as in hold'em. At the showdown, the entire four-card hand should be shown to receive the pot.
Rules of Omaha
- All the rules of Texas Hold-em apply to Omaha except the rule on playing the board, which is not possible in Omaha (because you must use two cards from your hand and three cards from the board).
- Omaha is often played high-low split, 8-or-better. The player may use any combination of two hole cards and three community cards for the high hand and another (or the same) combination of two hole cards and three community cards for the low hand.
Rules of Omaha High-Low
- All the rules of Omaha apply to Omaha high-low split except as below.
- A qualifier of 8-or-better for low is used. This means to win the low half of the pot, a player's hand at the showdown must have five cards of different ranks that are an eight or lower in rank. (An ace is the highest card and also the lowest card.) If there is no qualifying hand for low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
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