Omaha Hi

About the game

Omaha Hi is also a popular poker game played between two - ten players. It consists of four betting rounds. Omaha Hi is played with each player receiving four private cards face-down and five community cards face-up placed in the center of the table, to be shared by all the players. Each player creates the highest valued hand possible for themselves by using any two of their four private cards and any three of the five community cards.

Omaha Hi/lo is another version of the game above with the same rules but, each player creates the highest valued and/or lowest valued qualifying hand, using any two of their four private cards and any three of the five community cards.

Omaha Hi Rules

...this is the 2nd most popular game!

Omaha Hi is very similar to Texas Hold'em, but with two exceptions.

1. Instead of two cards, four cards are dealt face down to each player.
2. And every player must use exactly two of their private cards and three of their community cards at showdown.

Let's see how it's played in detail:

1. Before any cards are dealt to the players, the pot is formed through bets known as blind bets or ante.
   1. First player to the dealer's left puts the first blind bet in called small blind.
   2. Second player to the dealer's left puts the second blind bet in called big blind.
   3. The first blind bet is smaller than the second blind bet. That's why we call them the small blind and the big blind.
   4. Since the bets are placed with out seeing the cards they are called blinds.
   5. According to poker rules, blinds are considered live bets and can be checked, called, raised or folded.
2. Each player is dealt four cards face-down called private cards. Face-down means no body else sees your cards except you.
3. The player left of the big blind makes the first bet starting the first betting round, where you can call, raise or fold.
4. Now three cards are dealt face-up placed in the center of the table starting the second betting round.
   1. Player left to the dealer bets first.
   2. These cards are called community cards, since they are available to all players.
   3. This round of betting is called the "Flop".
5. The fourth community card is dealt face-up in the center of the table starting the third betting round called the "Turn". In this round the betting amount doubles from the previous one.
6. The fifth and the final community card is dealt face-up in the center of the table to start the last betting round called "River".
7. After the final round of betting it's time for the showdown and the player with the highest hand wins the pot. The dealer button moves to the next player to play the next hand.

Omaha Hi/Lo:

Omaha Poker Hi/Lo (8 or better) is played the same as Omaha Hi poker but with two exceptions:

1. At showdown the pot is split between the highest hand and the lowest qualifying hand.
2. In order to qualify as the lowest valued hand, the player must create a hand containing no card higher than 8.