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An Introduction To Omaha Poker

Many people see Omaha Poker as the overcomplicated ugly cousin of Texas Hold’em, but we like to think of it as its older sibling. Whereas Texas Holdem players are used to seeing low ranking hands such as top pair winning the vast majority of Hold’em hands, Omaha Poker is a game chock-a-block with straights, flushes, full houses, and more quads than an outdoor biking adventure day. The possibilities within your four starting cards are enormous. It makes for a fun and exciting game and leads to killer showdowns between monster hands. Don’t let the fact that it’s more a maths-led game than Texas Holdem put you off. If you’re sick of Holdem fish sucking out miracle cards against you on the river, Omaha poker is the game for you. Grey Raymer – former World Series of Poker Champion – wouldn’t be found dead playing any online poker game but Omaha, and there’s a reason. Tune into TV coverage of big Omaha Poker contests and you’ll see familiar faces such as Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey fighting it out over the felt.

For a game that many Texas Holdem players see as complicated, Omaha Poker takes literally seconds to explain. Each player gets dealt four cards, of which – in conjunction with three of the five cards on the board – they use two to make the best five-card poker hand. There. It’s that simple. So, once again: two from your hand, and three from the board. Easy. As in Texas Holdem, there are blinds in effect (and also antes in late-tournament stages), as well as betting rounds pre-flop, post-flop, turn and river. You’ll tend to see more multi-player pots in Omaha poker simply because the volume of cards in play lends itself to more drawing hands – often leading to some monster pots in relatively low- limit games.

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The full rules for each of our online poker games including Texas Holdem Rules, Omaha Poker Rules, Five Card Stud Rules, Seven Card Stud Rules, Omaha Hi-Lo Rules, Pot/No Limit Rules, Single Table Tournaments Rules and Multi Table Tournaments Rules can be found in Poker Rules.

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