Omaha poker is an exciting game derived from Texas Holdem. Each player is dealt four cards ("hole cards"). Five community cards are dealt face-up on the "board", Same as Texas Holdem, The Flop, The Turn and the Good old River. Betting is done the same way, you bet pre-flop, after the flop, after the turn card and on the river card. All players use three of the five community cards together with two of their hole cards to make the best five-card poker hand. Just remember that you have to us two of your four cards, not like Holdem where you can use both or just one of your cards.

Types of Omaha Poker Games

• Limit Omaha Poker - There is a specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting.
• Pot Limit Omaha Poker - A player can bet what is in the pot (ie, $100 into a $100 pot). .

How to Play Omaha Poker

In Omaha poker, a disc also known as "the button", serves to indicate which player is the nominal dealer for the current game. Before the game begins, the player immediately clockwise the button posts the "small blind", typically half a small bet (for example, $1 in a $2/$4 Omaha game). The player immediately clockwise the small blind posts the "big blind", which is always a full small bet ($2 in a $2/$4 Omaha game). Now, each player receives his or her four hole cards. Betting action proceeds around the table, starting with the player immediately clockwise the big blind.

Now, the "flop" is dealt face-up on the board. The flop is the first three community cards available to all active players. Play begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button. All bets and raises occur in small bets (increments of $2 in a $2/$4 game).

When betting action is completed for the flop round, the "turn" is dealt face-up on the board. The turn is the fourth community card in an Omaha game. Play begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button. On this round of Omaha, betting doubles from the small bet to the big bet. In a $2/$4 game, betting on the turn is done in $4 increments.

When betting action is completed for the turn round, the "river" is dealt face-up on the board. The river is the fifth and final community card in Omaha poker. Betting begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button.

If there is more than one remaining player when the final betting round is complete, the last bettor or raiser shows his or her cards. If there was no bet on the final round, the player immediately clockwise the button shows his or her cards. The player with the best five-card hand wins the pot. In Omaha poker, players must use two and only two of their four hole poker cards in combination with three of the cards from the board. In the event of identical hands, the pot will be equally divided between the players with the best hands

After the pot is awarded, a new Omaha poker game is ready to be played. The button now moves clockwise to the next online player.

Omaha Hi Lo (aka Omaha 8 or Omaha/8) and Other Poker Games

In Omaha Hi Lo (also known as Omaha 8) The game is played the same way as Omaha, with the exception, the pot can be split between 2 or more players. Winning the pot is decided by the High hand and the Low hand, So lets say Player A has (K of spades, Q of spades, A of hearts and A of diamonds) and Player B has, (A of spades, 2 of hearts, 5 of hearts, K of hearts). The five community cards are A of clubs, 4 of clubs, 3 of hearts, 4 diamonds. Player A wins the High hand with a full house A A A 4 4 and player B wins the low hand with A 2 3 4 5 straight, now let say the 4 of diamonds on the board was a K. Now player B win both the high and the low hand, and takes down the hole pot with a A-5 straight. Player A would only have AAAK4 that would be tree of a kind.