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Welcome
to our Online Cool Cat Poker Omaha Tables. On this page you will
find information about Omaha Poker. The page covers the rules for
online Omaha, the history of the game.
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Omaha Rules
Omaha follows the same structure as Texas
Hold’em, the only difference being that each player is dealt
four hole cards instead of two. There is still the same five community
cards and players have to make the best five card poker hand from
the nine cards available to them. However, when making your final
hand you must use an exact combination of two hole cards and three
community cards. This differs from Texas Hold’em where you
could use either one or both (or even none) of your hole cards.
This is where many new Omaha players slip up. They see four spades on the board
(the community cards are often referred to as the board) and they have the Ace
of spades in their hand and they think they have the nut flush, forgetting that
you must use two hole cards therefore needing two spades in your hand to make
a flush.
Omaha is played either Pot Limit or Limit, it is not played No Limit as having
four hole cards gives so many extra possibilities and permutations that the game
would be too wild if it were played No Limit.
Poker Terminology: Although these rules are written so as
to be easy to understand for all players, it is assumed the reader
has a basic knowledge of poker and its terminology. If this is
not the case you may want to refer to our ‘Glossary
of Poker Terms’ |
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