Omaha Poker Rules
Omaha Poker has been growing in popularity for years now and thousands of people play this poker game online everyday with various online poker sites. The rules of Omaha Poker are very close to Texas Holdem, so if you already know how to play Holdem you shouldn't have much of a problem learning how to play Omaha. Since Omaha is generally played using pot limit stakes we're going to write the rules based on playing pot limit Omaha.
Before the Deal
When you play Omaha Poker there are always two blinds that need to be paid into the pot before the dealer deals out the cards. In Omaha the player that is sitting on the left side of the dealer needs to put in the small blind and the next player needs to put in the big blind. If you're playing a $5/$10 game the small blind is $2.50 and the big blind is $5.
Gameplay
The 1st thing the dealer needs to do after the blinds have been paid into the pot is deal out four cards face down to each player. At this point there is a betting round using the small blind as the big bet. For instance, if you're playing a $5/$10 game the big bet is $5 during this betting round and the next betting round.
After each player has taken their turn the dealer can kill a card and flip over three cards just like you would if you were playing Holdem. There is another betting round at this point using the small blind as the big bet.
When the betting is complete the dealer can kill a card and flip over the 4th community card (turn). This next betting round you need to increase the bet to the size of the big blind meaning that the minimum bet and raise is now $10 rather than only $5.
When you're finished the 1st round of betting using the big bet the dealer needs to kill one final card and flip over the last community card (river). Everyone that's left in the hand need to finish one more round of betting before the showdown, which is where players flip over their hands to find out who won.
In order to win a hand in Omaha Poker you need to have the highest ranked 5-card hand like in Holdem. You use the same hand rankings as you would in Holdem as well. However, there is one slight rule change that is very important to understand. You can only use 2 cards from the 4 cards that you were dealt and 3 community cards in order to make the best hand possible. There are no exceptions to this rule so make sure that when you're playing you always remember that you can only use 2 hole cards and 3 community cards to make your hand.
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