
Omaha Hi Poker at Full Tilt
Omaha Hi is a form of hold 'em. The game is commonly played at a six or nine
handed table. The betting and blinds are exactly the same as hold 'em.
Omaha Poker, or Omaha Hi, is a variation of Hold 'em played with four hole cards
instead of two. At showdown, the best five-card hand using exactly two of your hole
cards and three cards from the board wins. Unlike Hold 'em, you may not use more
than three cards from the board. The betting and blinds are exactly the same as in
Hold 'em.
At the beginning of each hand, each player is dealt four hole cards. There is a small
blind, a big blind, and a round of betting.
In Pot Limit, a player can bet any amount from the minimum bet to the size of the pot.
In a $5/$10 pot-limit game, the small blind is $5 and the big blind is $10. The first
player can call the big blind (in this case, $10), or raise to any amount up to the size
of the pot. A raise must either equal or exceed the previous bet or raise. In this case,
a pot-sized raise would be $25 ($5 small blind + $10 big blind + $10 call), meaning
that, in total, player three can bet up $35. Supposing player three makes a pot-sized
raise, the total pot is now $50.
If the next player wants into the hand, they must call $35, which is the size of player
three's bet. If they want to raise the maximum, they would bet $120, which equals the
size of the pot ($50) plus a $70 raise ($35 call + $35 raise).
Once the first round of betting is complete, the dealer then puts out a three card flop,
just as in Hold 'em. There is a round of betting. In the above example, the minimum
bet would be $10 (the size of the big blind), and the maximum bet would be the size
of the pot.
All raises in all remaining rounds behave as described above.

The dealer then puts out a fourth (or turn) card, followed by a round of betting.
The dealer then puts out a fifth (or river) card, followed by a round of betting.
The winner is the player who makes the best possible five card hand using exactly
two cards from their hand and three cards from the board.
This is important. Unlike Hold 'em, in Omaha Hi Poker you cannot use just one card
from your hand, nor can you play the board.
For example:
Your hand: Ah Kc Qc Jc The board: 3h 4h 5h 6h 7h
You DO NOT have an ace-high nut flush, nor can you simply play the board for a
straight flush. Using two cards from your hand, your best hand is:
Ah Kc 7h 6h 5h
In other words, you should have folded.
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