Omaha Poker

Many people are moving onto play "Holdem Omaha" poker from their original game, Texas Holdem Poker. What people don't know is how to play Omaha Poker and the major differences between Texas Holdem Poker and Omaha Poker Online.

Omaha poker is an exciting game derived from Texas Holdem. Each player is dealt four cards ("hole cards") which belong only to that poker player. Five community cards are dealt face-up on the "board". All players use three of the five community cards together with two of their hole cards to make the best five-card poker hand. (view the rankings of Omaha poker hands).

Whether you are a beginning poker player or an advanced poker player, if you haven't played Omaha Poker online for a long time, you will more than likely not know how to play the game correctly. There are several major Omaha Poker rules that differ from Texas Holdem. For instance, you must use two cards at one time in Omaha. There is no split pot if there is a Royal flush on the board and you hold different cards than your opponents.

If you do know the Omaha Poker rules and want to become a seasoned Omaha Poker online player, then we suggest reading more about strategy. Omaha Poker strategy is differerent from Texas Holdem Poker strategy, however many things can be the same. Read our poker strategy articles and you should become accustomed to playing Omaha Poker online as well as other online poker games.

You can play your favorite Omaha Poker games online, just like sitting in on a table in Vegas! There are really great Online Omaha Poker touranaments to take part of now.

Omaha Poker Game Rules

Each player receives a total of 9 cards (4 down cards and 5 community cards).

The object of the game is to create the best 5 – card poker high hand and/or low hand out of the nine cards by using TWO of your down cards and any THREE community cards.

Before any cards are dealt, the player sitting directly to the left of the Dealer Button places a “small” blind bet and the player sitting directly left of the small blind position places a “big” blind bet.

The dealer will deal the first four cards face down to each player, beginning with the player sitting in the small blind position.

This is followed by the first round of betting, which has been started by the blind bets. The player who posted the big blind bet will be given the option to raise at the end of this betting round, if that option was not taken by another player.

• The Flop - The fifth, sixth and seventh cards are dealt face up in the center of the table. These cards and the remaining cards dealt are community cards.
  For this betting round and the remaining betting rounds, the option begins with the player sitting in the small blind position.
• The Turn - The eighth card is dealt face up on the table, followed by a betting round.
• The River - The ninth card is dealt face up in the center of the table, followed by the final betting round.
• The Showdown! Each player in the hand will turn their four cards face up on the table. The dealer will read aloud all the hands shown at this time, declare the winner and award the pot to the highest 5-card poker hand!

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