📌 Quick Info
- Name of the Game: Omaha Poker
- Number of Players: 2 to 10
- Decks Required: 1 Standard 52-card deck (no Jokers)
🎯 Objective
To make the best 5-card hand using exactly 2 of your 4 hole cards and 3 of the 5 community cards.
🛠️ What You Need
- 1 Standard 52-card deck
- Poker chips
- Dealer button
- Small and big blind markers
🔄 How to Play – Step by Step
▶️ Setup
- Select a dealer.
- Small blind and big blind are posted.
- Each player receives 4 private cards face down.
▶️ Rounds
1. Pre-Flop
Players bet starting from the left of the big blind.
2. Flop
Three community cards are revealed. Betting round follows.
3. Turn
A fourth community card is dealt. Betting continues.
4. River
Fifth community card is dealt. Final betting round.
5. Showdown
Players reveal hands. Each must use 2 of their 4 hole cards and 3 community cards.
🧠 Game Scenarios
- Correct Play: Hole: A♠ A♦ 5♣ 6♠, Table: A♥ K♠ Q♣ 7♦ 2♣ → Use A♠ A♦ + A♥ K♠ Q♣ = Three Aces
- Invalid Play: Trying to use 3 hole cards or 4 community cards is not allowed.
📜 Rules
- Use exactly 2 hole cards + 3 community cards.
- Same betting structure and order as Texas Hold’em.
⚙️ Optional / House Rules
- Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO): Most common version. You can bet up to the size of the current pot.
- Omaha Hi/Lo: Pot is split between the highest and lowest hands.
🧮 Card Rankings
Same as Texas Hold’em – Royal Flush is highest, High Card is lowest.
🎮 Example Game
- Hole Cards (You): A♠ A♦ 7♠ 3♣
- Community Cards: A♥ K♣ 9♦ 6♥ 2♣
- Best Hand: A♠ A♦ + A♥ K♣ 9♦ = Three Aces with Kicker
📚 History & Origin
- Developed in the 1980s in American casinos as an alternative to Hold’em.
- Grew popular because of its higher action and complexity.
- Now the second most popular poker game after Texas Hold’em.