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Omaha High Point System
Omaha poker has lot of similarities with Texas Holdem poker. In Holdem poker you have two player’s card and five community card. In Omaha poker you have four player’s card and five community card. So you have nine cards in total to make your hand in Omaha poker. When you are making your hand of five cards the rule is that you have to use two cards from your hand and three cards from the community card to make your best hand. In Texas Holdem poker you can make your hand any way you like. You may not even use any of your two cards while making the best hand.
With five community cards and four player’s card there are many cards to choose from and many high combination can be made in Omaha high point poker. Here straights and flushes are common occurrence. Many times full houses too get beaten. So starting hand is important in High Omaha poker. You need to wait for the flop if you have a reasonably good hand. You can go ahead and play with a hand with Ace and wait for the flop to open. If your hand is not good you should fold rather than play and lose.
Take your time in deciding when you should raise. If you raise in the beginning of the game you have to be clear that you have a winning hand. If you raise with a medium hand there are more chances that some will have a better hand than you. If you have double suited hands your chances of winning becomes better and single suited cards are better than having unsuited cards. A straight flush is sure to win. So a starting hand is very important. Having suited cards especially aces will have better chance of making winning hands with flop and turn
The point system for high Omaha poker goes like this: Ace high flush in spades and clubs have 4 points. Ace pair-9 points and Kings pair-8 points, Ace- 2 points. When you are playing a split game it is essential to see if the hands have high cards only. To have high your hand must have ten and above and should also have two pairs or two double suits or one pair and two suited cards. If you have AS, TS, AC, QD this is high because all cards are above ten and two cards are from same suit and two are pairs. Thus the hands are qualified according to the cards you get. The points are calculated according to the value of the cards. It is understood that one should play if one has 25 points and above. If you raise you should have at least 30 points. The maximum points are 45 in a hand.
How to Play Omaha High Poker
Omaha High Poker is very similar to Texas Hold’em Poker, but instead of two hole cards in Texas Hold’Em, Omaha High has four hole cards. It is also known by several names, as Omaha Hold’em or simply Omaha, although Omaha can refer to several other poker variants as well depending on the locality. But to avoid ambiguity, the name Omaha High is generally preferred when only high hands are used.
In Omaha High, each player is dealt with four hole cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of his Hole cards, and exactly three of the five community cards to make a 5-card poker hand. The betting pattern (blinds, ante) and layout of the community cards (fourth street, river) is similar to Texas hold ’em.
Here’s a game example on how to play Omaha High:
- The game starts with the blind bets posted by two players to the left of the dealer, the small blind and the big blind.
- All players are dealt with four face-down cards, also known as hole cards or pocket cards. The player directly at the left side of the dealer puts out the small blind. He can call the bet, raise the bet, or fold. while the second to the dealer’s left puts out the big blind. Then the betting continues around each player in the table, clockwise.
- After the betting round is completed, three face-up cards, known as the flop, are dealt in the center of the table or board. These cards are referred to as the community cards. Players can use these cards in combination with their hole cards to make the best hand.
- After the flop, a second betting round begins, typically with the player to the dealer’s left, who can choose to check or bet.
- A fourth face-up card is added to the community cards, also known as the fourth street or the turn card.
- Another betting round begins after the turn, again with the player to the dealer’s left, who can choose to check or bet.
- A fifth face-up card is added to the community cards, known as the river. At this point, all players must use three community cards in combination of two of their hole cards to make the best hand.
- A final betting round begins, again with the player to the dealer’s left. After the betting round, a showdown begins where players will compare their hands to determine the winning hand. Five card hands are created by using exactly two cards of the player’s hand, and exactly three cards from the community cards. To qualify for winning a pot, all four of a player’s cards must be shown. If only two cards are shown and the other two are discarded, your hand is dead and you lose claim to the pot.
Winning Hands in Omaha High are fundamentally similar with most Poker, except with Hi-Lo variations of the game. The best hole cards in Omaha High Poker is Ace-Ace-King-Queen double-suited.
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