Learn to Play | Omaha | Rules

• Each player is dealt a specific number of hole cards face down, depending on the chosen Omaha hi variant: four cards, five cards, or six cards for Six-Card. Each variation retains the core Omaha rules of using exactly two hole cards and three community cards to make a hand but the increase in hole cards significantly enhances hand possibilities and action.
• Community cards are dealt face up in the center of the table, available for all players to use in making a hand.
• The players must choose two of their four/five/six cards (according to the Omaha variant the player chooses to play) and are required to use both of them in order to make the best hand possible.
• In Omaha the goal is to make the best five-card hand using exactly two hole cards and three community cards.

Types of Betting

• Pot Limit - A structure of the game in which bets and raises are capped by the current size of the pot.
• Fixed Limit - In this version, a pot can only be raised a maximum of four times and the bet or raise must be equal to the size of the blinds.
• No Limit - In this aggressive version, players can bet or raise as much as they desire and at any point during the betting.

Variations of the Game

• Omaha Hi - Just as it sounds, in this version, the highest five card hand takes the pot
• Omaha Hi/Low - A common variation, the pot is split between the highest and lowest hands. An example of a low hand is one that would be a loser in any other game. For example, if you are holding a 7 of hearts and a 6 of diamonds and combine those with a 4, 3, and 2 of any suit on the board, you'd have a very strong "low hand". In Omaha Hi/Low, the best possible hand is one in which the same player holds both the highest and lowest hands simultaneously, thus winning the entire pot. See Hand Ranking. For more information: see Poker Rules, Poker Terms.