Omaha

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Omaha poker is an exciting game derived from Texas Holdem. Omaha is similar to Texas Holdem, the only difference is that the hands in Omaha are usually much better because you get to choose from four cards and not just two. You get three types of Omaha poker games, Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit Omaha Poker.

There are only two differences between Holdem and Omaha, every player is dealt four cards in Omaha, instead of two like in Holdem and there are more rules for evaluating the winning hand at showdown. All players use exactly three of the five community cards together with exactly two of their hole cards to make the best five-card poker hand.

Putting Out the Blinds

There are two blinds in Omaha - a small blind and a big blind. The player directly to the left of the dealer puts out the small blind.
Once you have the blinds out, you're now ready to deal the first hand.

Preflop

After seeing their hole cards, each player has the option to play his or her hand by calling or raising the big blind.
Players can call, raise or fold when it's their turn to act.
The first betting round ends when two conditions are met:
- All players have had a chance to act.
- All players who haven't folded have bet the same amount of money for the round.

The Flop

This is done by dealing the top card in the deck face down on the table, followed by three cards face up.
The first player to act is the next player with a hand to the left of the dealer
This person may check, bet or fold. The action then continues clockwise.

The Turn

The dealer burns another card and puts one more face up onto the table.
The player to the left of the dealer begins this round of betting.
This person may check, bet or fold. The action then continues clockwise.

The River

· The dealer burns another card before placing the final face-up card on the table

· This is the final card and no more cards will be dealt in this hand.

· The betting round is the same as the betting round on the turn.

Showdown

Once the river betting round has been completed, the players now enter into the showdown.
Here the best hand wins the pot.
Evaluating a winning hand in Omaha is slightly different than in Texas Hold'em.
There are no other hands in Omaha than the hands listed in the hand chart. For example, having three pairs is actually only "two pair" with the highest valued two pairs making your hand.
In Omaha a player must user two cards out of the four from their hand, and three cards from the community cards to make their best hand possible.