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Chapter 1: Omaha
Playing Omaha
Omaha Hold'em, "The game of the future,"
as many poker pundits predict, is a variation of Texas Hold'em in which each player
receives four cards dealt face down. Like its cousin, Texas Hold'em , five community cards -which every player can use - are dealt
face up in the center of the table. The best high hand and the best low hand
split the pot. As in most split-pot games, lots of chips may
be on the table because some players are trying to make the
best low hand, some the best high one, while others are
trying to scoop the entire pot.
Omaha also creates action because each player is dealt four cards rather
than the two that Texas Hold'em players receive. Naturally, with four cards to
choose from, many players don't have any trouble finding a hand they think
is worth playing.
Although you may get confused at times trying to ferret out the best fivecard
poker hand from among the five community cards on the center of the table
and the four private cards in each player's hand, don't worry - if you can play
Texas Hold'em, you can play Omaha.
Playing Omaha for the First Time
Omaha looks almost like Texas Hold'em, which you've undoubtedly mastered but you can expect four major differences:
Omaha is a high-low split game, which means more players in each
pot, more chips in the center of the table, and more action. Each player must make his best fivecard poker hand by using exactly
two cards from his hand and three communal cards. In Texas Hold'em,
you can form the best hand using two, one, or even none of your private
cards. If you are playing Texas Hold'em and you hold the ace of spades
when the board contained four additional spades, you have a flush. But
in Omaha, you have nothing at all. That's because you must play two
cards - no more, no less - to make a valid Omaha hand.
fl Because you have four cards to work with, you can form six different
starting combinations. In other words, by receiving four private cards,
you have six times as many potential starting hands as you do as you do
in Texas Hold'em. As a result, the winning hands tend to be quite a bit
bigger than they do in Texas Hold'em.
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