Poker Rules: How to play Omaha Poker and Omaha Hi Lo

Omaha Poker is the most popular poker variant after Texas Hold’em in the current times. Omaha poker is pretty similar to Texas Hold’em and has two variations – Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo.

How to play Omaha Poker:

The main difference between Omaha and Texas Hold’em is in hole cards. In Hold’em each player is dealt two hole cards whereas in Omaha each player is dealt four hole cards. Also, each player must use two of their hole cards along with three of the five community cards in order to make their five-card poker hands.

How many players can play: 2-10

Hole Cards: The four cards dealt face down at the start of the game

Flop: The first card dealt face up

Turn: The card dealt after the flop

River: The fifth and final card dealt face up

Call: Match the amount of big blind

Raise: Increase the bet

Fold: Throw the hand away

The Showdown: After the final betting round, the players expose their holdings to determine a winner

Omaha Poker Rules

• The gameplay is pretty similar to Texas Hold’em.
• PLO uses blinds and all the betting rounds are exactly the same as Hold’em including the flop, turn, and river.
• In the beginning, four hole cards are dealt with.
• Each player must use exactly TWO of the hole cards along with three community cards to make the best five-card poker hand.
• The minimum bet allowed in Omaha is always the equivalent of the big blind.
• The maximum bet allowed in Pot Limit Omaha is the size of the pot.

Best hand: Royal Flush is the best hand in PLO