OMAHA POKER GAMES
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OMAHA POKER GAMES
HomePokerEdge.com has assembled an extensive collection of fun and challenging Omaha poker game variations designed to keep your dealer's choice home poker game lively and interesting. In addition to explaining how to play each game, we provide valuable playing tips and insight on how to win for most of these unique Omaha poker game varieties. The HomePokerEdge.com staff has played most of these games and are confident you will find them realistic, challenging and fun to play. Give some a try at your next home poker game. The descriptions and instructions provided assume you are already familiar with how to play the basic poker games. Should you have questions or want to know more about any of these games, let us know via our Contact HPE page and we will be happy to respond. We are constantly on the lookout for new games. If you have your own favorite dealer's choice poker game variation you'd like to share, please send it to us. |
The Dealer's choice poker games on this page are based on Omaha poker, but there are lots of other games, too:
Draw Poker Games Hold 'em Poker Games Stud Poker Games Wild Card Poker Games Other (non-poker) Games Most of the games described may be played as high-low split. Playing high-low split poker games introduces many additional factors that must be considered. See our High-Low Poker Guide page for playing tips, hand odds or probabilities and much more information you will need to play high-low spilt poker games.
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OMAHA DRAW
Played like Omaha but with the addition of an option to draw cards. After the flop (after post-flop betting round) each player may discard and draw up to 2 of their hole cards. An additional round of betting is added after the draw and before revealing the turn card.
2 AND 3 HIGH-LOW OMAHA
Played as high-low split only. How hands are made varies depending if a player declares high or low. Start by dealing each player 4 hole cards.
Arrange 2 rows of 5 cards each, one above the other.
Row A 1 2 3 4 5
Row B 6 7 8 9 10
Reveal board cards in typical order from each row of 5, Flop (1,2,3 & 6,7,8) Turn (4 & 9), River (5 & 10).
Players make their hand only in these ways:
For the high hand they must use 2 cards from their hand plus 3 cards from 1 of the 2 sets of board cards. (Any 3 cards from Row A or any 3 cards from Row B.)
For the low hand they must use 3 cards from their hand plus 1 of the 5 pairs of 2 vertical cards (1+6, 2+7, 3+8, 4+9, 5+10).
2 OR 3 OMAHA
Deal each player 4 hole cards.
Arrange 2 rows of 5 cards each, one above the other.
Row A 1 2 3 4 5
Row B 6 7 8 9 10
Reveal board cards in typical order from each row of 5, Flop (1,2,3 & 6,7,8) Turn (4 & 9), River (5 & 10).
Players make their hand in either of 2 ways:
2 cards from their hand plus 3 cards from 1 of the 2 sets of board cards. (Any 3 cards from Row A or any 3 cards from Row B.)
3 cards from their hand plus 1 of the 5 pairs of 2 vertical cards (1+6, 2+7, 3+8, 4+9, 5+10).
OMAHA-8 ENCORE
Played exactly like Omaha Hi-Low 8 or Better, but with this one twist. If no qualifying low hand is possible after revealing the river card there is an additional round of betting followed by dealing a second river card. The board would then consist of 6 cards of which each player must use exactly 3. If there is still no possible qualifying low hand the game is played for high only.
Optional "mercy" rule: If after the flop, turn and river have been dealt there are less than 2 different cards of 8 or less no qualifying low would be possible even if dealing a 2nd river card. When this is the case a 2nd river card not dealt.
Played like Omaha but with the addition of an option to draw cards. After the flop (after post-flop betting round) each player may discard and draw up to 2 of their hole cards. An additional round of betting is added after the draw and before revealing the turn card.
2 AND 3 HIGH-LOW OMAHA
Played as high-low split only. How hands are made varies depending if a player declares high or low. Start by dealing each player 4 hole cards.
Arrange 2 rows of 5 cards each, one above the other.
Row A 1 2 3 4 5
Row B 6 7 8 9 10
Reveal board cards in typical order from each row of 5, Flop (1,2,3 & 6,7,8) Turn (4 & 9), River (5 & 10).
Players make their hand only in these ways:
For the high hand they must use 2 cards from their hand plus 3 cards from 1 of the 2 sets of board cards. (Any 3 cards from Row A or any 3 cards from Row B.)
For the low hand they must use 3 cards from their hand plus 1 of the 5 pairs of 2 vertical cards (1+6, 2+7, 3+8, 4+9, 5+10).
2 OR 3 OMAHA
Deal each player 4 hole cards.
Arrange 2 rows of 5 cards each, one above the other.
Row A 1 2 3 4 5
Row B 6 7 8 9 10
Reveal board cards in typical order from each row of 5, Flop (1,2,3 & 6,7,8) Turn (4 & 9), River (5 & 10).
Players make their hand in either of 2 ways:
2 cards from their hand plus 3 cards from 1 of the 2 sets of board cards. (Any 3 cards from Row A or any 3 cards from Row B.)
3 cards from their hand plus 1 of the 5 pairs of 2 vertical cards (1+6, 2+7, 3+8, 4+9, 5+10).
OMAHA-8 ENCORE
Played exactly like Omaha Hi-Low 8 or Better, but with this one twist. If no qualifying low hand is possible after revealing the river card there is an additional round of betting followed by dealing a second river card. The board would then consist of 6 cards of which each player must use exactly 3. If there is still no possible qualifying low hand the game is played for high only.
Optional "mercy" rule: If after the flop, turn and river have been dealt there are less than 2 different cards of 8 or less no qualifying low would be possible even if dealing a 2nd river card. When this is the case a 2nd river card not dealt.