OMAHA GAME PLAY

Texas Hold'em | 7 Card Stud | Omaha
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• This game is a variation of Texas Hold’em. To begin, each player receives four down cards in their hand and shares five board (community) cards. Players determine the value of their five card hand by using any two cards from their hand with any three cards from the board. This is the only way a player can formulate their hand. The standard ranking of hands applies.

Omaha High-Low
• A variation of Omaha allowing the best high hand to split the pot with the best low hand.
• Straights and flushes do not count against the value of a low hand. Therefore, the best low hand is 5-4-3-2-A, also known as a “bicycle” or a “wheel.”

Omaha High-Low (8 or better)
• Played in the identical manner as Omaha High-Low, but with a “qualifier” for the low hand. A player needs all five of their low cards unpaired and less than nine to qualify for low. The high hand will win the whole pot if there is no qualifying low hand.
• A player may have the best high hand and low hand and may use a different combination of cards to make each the low and then the high hand.