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OMAHA & OMAHA
HIGH-LOW
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.
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 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.
The rules governing kill pots are listed in “Kill
Pots.”
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 is used. This means to
win the low half of the pot, a player's hand at the showdown
must have five cards of different ranks that are an eight or
lower in rank. (An ace is the highest card and also the lowest
card.) If there is no qualifying hand for low, the best high
hand wins the whole pot.
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