Omaha Poker

Similar to Texas Holdem, Omaha is a community card game, where players must make their best hand combination from the five community and four hole cards available. The difference here is that players are limited to using only three community cards and two hole cards. Omaha is generally played as Pot Limit, but No Limit can be found both live and online. Omaha is rapidly gaining popularity as experienced Texas Holdem poker players seek new and exciting variations. Many of the top online pros also enjoy playing Pot Limit Omaha and the game itself can be played as High-Low, Eights or better, with or without redraws and Ace-to-five, amongst several others.

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Omaha Poker Rules

Omaha poker is mainly played with high hands only, but the high-low split version is also popular. In Europe Omaha limit high-only is dominant. In the US, the HiLo game is gaining in popularity. Before playing, it's best to clear up the rules so as not to get confused later.

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