How To Play Omaha Poker
Omaha is similar to hold’em in using a three-card flop on the board, a fourth boardcard, and then a fifth boardcard. Each player is dealt four holecards (instead of two) at the start. In order to make a hand, a player must use precisely two holecards with three boardcards. The betting is the same as in hold'em. At the showdown, the entire four-card hand should be shown to receive the pot.
The best possible five card poker hand, using exactly two hole cards and three community cards, wins the pot.
Betting Rounds
- The dealer deals each player their own four cards face-down (pocket cards)
- 1st betting round.
- The dealer burns a card then turns over three community cards face-up
(the flop).
- 2nd betting round
- The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 more community card (the turn,4th street)
- 3rd betting round
- The dealer burns another card then turns over 1 final community card (the river,5th street )
- Last betting round
- Showdown (Every remaining player shows hand with bettor showing first)
All remaining players must use their two pocket cards and the three boardcards.
RULES OF OMAHA
1. All the rules of 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 HIGH-LOW
Omaha is often played high-low split, 8-or-better. The player may use any combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the high hand and another (or the same) combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the low hand.
RULES OF OMAHA HIGH-LOW
1. All the rules of Omaha apply to Omaha high-low split except as below.
2. A qualifier of 8-or-better for low applies to all high-low split games, unless a specific posting to the contrary is displayed. If there is no qualifying hand for low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
