Omaha Holdem Rules
Omaha Poker Rules - Omaha Hold Em is very similar to Texas
Hold Em, the dealer deals a 3-card Flop, then a forth and
then a fifth community card. The betting is the same but
the cards dealt and then which the player uses to make their
hand during the showdown differs.
During the initial deal, the player will be dealt four
personal (hole) cards. The object of the game is to make
the best 5-card hand available using exactly two cards from
the initial deal of four and three from the board, (community
cards.)
Omaha Hold Em uses a small disk, called the button, to
show who is the notional dealer in the round. This goes
clockwise round the table prior to each new hand. The dealer
is the last to receive their cards on the initial deal and
has the right to the last action during the round of betting.
To start the game, the player to the left of the dealer
should put up a small blind and the player to the left of
him a large blind. For example in a game of $1/$2, then
the player to the left of the dealer would place $0.50 on
the table and the player next to him places, $1.
The dealer will then deal the four hole cards to each player,
following which there will be a round of betting.
During each betting round, the players will each have to
Bet, Check, Fold or Raise. See our Poker
Dictionary page for definitions of these.
The dealer will then place three community cards, face
up, onto the table, called the Flop. Another round of betting
will take place.
The dealer then places another community card onto the
table, called the Turn or Forth Street. Another round of
betting takes place.
Finally the dealer will place the last community card onto
the table, called the River or Fifth Street. The players
then have a last round of betting.
When the last round of betting has taken place, the players
have the Showdown, where it is determined who has the best
hand. For the ranking and values of hands, see our Hand
Values page.
During the Showdown, the players will have to use two hole
cards and three community cards out of the nine cards in
view to make up their hand.
The player with the best hand then takes the value of the
pot. If two players have the same value of hand then the
pot is equally split.
If you want to play Omaha or Omaha Hi-Lo then our Omaha
Poker Strategy guides will help!
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