Play Omaha Poker

Written by Nigel

When someone says poker, more often than not it is Texas Hold Em Poker that he is referring to.  However, as most poker nuts know, there is more to the poker world than Texas Hold Em.  Of course, Hold Em is the most popular – and it has the right to be, I guess – but you would be missing out on other things if you don’t try other variations of poker.

Perhaps the next most popular type of poker would be Omaha Poker.  I could be wrong, of course, but it wouldn’t hurt to take a quick look at what Omaha Poker is all about.  Actually, it is not much different from Texas Hold Em.  The main idea of the whole game is to make the best five-card hand out of the cards you are dealt and the community cards.  Omaha is played using the standard deck of cards with 52 cards in all.  It can be played by 2 players or more, 10 being the maximum.  So far, it’s nothing different from Texas Hold Em, right?

The difference lies in the game play.  Instead of receiving only 2 cards on the first deal, you will get 4 cards in Omaha Poker.  You cannot use all the 4 cards though.  To form your best 5-card hand, you can use 2 of your 4 personal cards and 3 of the community cards.  The rest of the game is basically the same, with terms like the flop, turn, and river being utilized also.