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Play Omaha Poker at Holdempoker.com! Omaha has developed a substantial following, even with the world’s eyes firmly focused on Texas Hold’em. At the 2005 World Series of Poker there were seven Omaha poker events, which mean seven coveted WSOP bracelets were up for grabs. The seven Omaha poker events included a $10’000 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event and the total prize pools on offer for Omaha poker events exceeded $7.7 million.

Omaha has long been a favourite of poker players on the professional circuit and a review of the winners lists from recent events at World Series of Poker tournaments reveals many stars more famed for their success at Texas Hold’em. Juanda, Negreanu, Ivey, Greenstein, Brunson and Matusow are amongst the professionals that see Omaha events as a must play fixture.

At HoldemPoker.com you can easily learn how to play both of the two major types of Omaha poker for play money or real money and get yourself prepared for when Omaha poker hits the big time. Omaha poker ring games and tournaments are available around the clock.

Omaha Poker Rules

Omaha poker uses five community cards just like Texas Hold’em that are dealt in three stages, the flop, the turn and the river. You can also play in the three formats of Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit. However there are two distinct varieties known as Omaha High and Omaha Hi-Lo.

In Omaha High the highest hand wins. In Omaha Hi-Lo it is possible for a pot to be split between a High hand and a Low hand. A hand qualifies for Low, if it includes cards valued at 8 or lower and does not contain any pairs. When comparing low hands, the winner is the hand with the lowest high card, thus 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 is better than Ace, 2, 3, 4, 8. The best possible low hand is Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5. 8 or lower.

The key difference between Omaha Hold’em and its Texan cousin is the number of hole cards dealt to each player. All players are dealt four hole cards instead of the two dealt in Texas Hold’em. Even though you get four cards you can only and must use two of them to complete your poker hand. That means in every hand three of the community cards must be used.

You’ll find more information about Omaha Poker at OmahaPoker.com…

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