Omaha Pot Limit

The Pot Limit Omaha 5 Cards (PLO5) is an Omaha game variant with 5 cards that uses the game rules (forming of hands and hand strength) and representation of a standard Omaha game. The only addition on top of the currently available Omaha game is the additional 5th card of the player.

PLO5 is available for cash tables of Pot Limit game type and supports a maximum of 9 players. The game is available in the Download Desktop, Native Mobile, and Web clients.

In the Download Desktop and Native Mobile clients, the game appears in the respective cash lobby views. Note that in the Download Desktop client, the game can also appear as a tile on the Home page. In the Web client, the PLO game is shown in its own 5 Card Omaha lobby view.

The players can filter the PLO5 game via the following filters:

• Game filter in the Cash tab of the Download Desktop client.
• Omaha table filters in the Native Mobile client.

The sections that follow provide a visual representation of the game (both in the lobbies and on the tables) as well as information about its rules.

RULES

Pot Limit Omaha 5 Cards is a poker game where the player creates the best five-card hand, based on standard poker hand rankings, using two out of the five pocket cards and three out of five community cards. For example, if the player gets dealt four aces and a king 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 five 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 five 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.