Omaha

Omaha is a poker game where the player creates the best five-card hand, based on standard poker hand rankings, using two out of four pocket cards and three out of five community cards.

In general, Omaha poker follows the same rules as Texas Hold'em poker, but with two key exceptions:

• You get dealt four pocket cards instead of two.
• To build your final poker hand, you have to use exactly two of your pocket cards and three of the community cards.

Be careful and remember this rule. For example, if you get dealt four aces as your pocket cards, you don't have four of a kind. You only have a pair of aces because you have to use exactly two of your pocket cards.

The principle of the game is the same, but the two differences in the rules demand a very different strategy for playing Omaha. Also, Omaha is usually played using a pot limit betting structure.

Omaha poker is supported on Download Desktop, Native Mobile, and Web clients.

RULES

Omaha is a poker game where the player creates the best five-card hand, based on standard poker hand rankings, using two out of four pocket cards and three out of five community cards. For example, if the player gets dealt four aces as pocket cards, the player doesn’t have four of a kind. The player has only a pair of aces because the player has to use exactly two of his pocket cards.

The “Small Blind” is posted by the player to the left of the dealer and is usually half the minimum bet of the game (for instance, €1 in a €2/€4 game). The “Big Blind” is posted by the player to the left of the “Small Blind” and is the game's minimum bet (for example, €2 in a €2/€4 game). The dealer, marked by the “dealer button”, deals starting to the player closest to the dealer’s left.

Players are dealt four cards face down (pocket cards). A round of betting (pre-flop) occurs starting with the player to the left of the big blind, who can call, fold, or raise the amount of the big blind and continues clockwise. If all players call around to the big blind, they may either check or raise.

After the pre-flop betting round, the dealer deals the flop by first burning a card, dealing card face down into the pot, and then dealing three face-up community cards. The next round of betting begins with the active player to the left of the button. The player with the action can either check or bet and as soon as one player bets all remaining players in the hand can only fold, call or raise.

After the flop betting round the dealer deals the “Turn” or “Fourth Street” by burning a card and then dealing a face-up community card. The betting round begins with the active player to the left of the button. The minimum bet starting on the turn is the higher level of the betting limit (for example, €4 in a €2/€4 game).

After the turn betting round the “River” or “Fifth Street” is dealt by burning a card and then dealing a face-up community card. The betting round begins with the active player to the left of the button.

If there is more than one remaining player after the final betting round, then the showdown begins. Whoever had the last action (bet or raise) has to show his/her cards first. The player with the best five-card hand using three of the five community cards and two of the four pocket cards wins the pot. In the event of identical hands, the pot will be equally divided between the players with the best hands. After the pot is awarded, the button moves to the left and the next game begins.