Omaha Rules

How a hand plays

1. The two players to the left of the button post the small blind and the big blind. Heads-up, the button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop.
2. Everyone is dealt their hole cards face down: four in PLO, five in PLO5, six in PLO6.
3. Preflop betting starts with the player to the left of the big blind.
4. The flop: three cards are dealt face up. A betting round follows, starting with the first player still in to the left of the button.
5. The turn: a fourth card. Another betting round.
6. The river: a fifth card. The last betting round.
7. Showdown: the best Omaha hand wins the pot.

Winning

Your hand is exactly two of your hole cards plus exactly three of the five board cards. No more, no fewer, whichever game you play.

Hands rank like Hold'em, from royal flush down to high card. Equal hands split the pot.

• Four cards of one suit on the board do not give you a flush unless you hold two cards of that suit.
• Four of a kind in your hand gives you only a pair from those cards, because you can use only two of them.

Betting

• Pot limit: the smallest bet is one big blind. The most you can raise is the size of the pot after you call.
• A raise must be at least the size of the biggest bet or raise so far in the round.
• If the table uses an ante, the antes do not count toward the pot size for bets before the flop. They count from the flop on.
• Limit Omaha High is the fixed-limit version: a small bet preflop and on the flop, a big bet on the turn and river, and a bet plus up to four raises per round.

Good to know

• Capped tables, such as capped PLO: the cap is shown next to the game name, for example Cap 40BB. Once you have put that much into the pot in a hand, you are all-in for that hand. The rest of your stack stays yours and plays again from the next hand.
• Bomb pots (PLO Bomb Pot, PLO5 Bomb Pot, PLO6 Bomb Pot): every player dealt in posts the same ante, no blinds are posted, there is no betting before the flop, and pot-limit betting starts on the flop. Every hand at these tables is a bomb pot.
• All-in: you can only win from each opponent as much as you put in. Extra bets go into a side pot.
• In fixed-limit cash games, if only two players are in the hand when a betting round starts, there is no limit on raises in that round.

How a hand plays

1. The two players to the left of the button post the small blind and the big blind. Heads-up, the button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop.
2. Everyone is dealt four hole cards face down (six in 6 Card PLO 8/b).
3. Preflop betting starts with the player to the left of the big blind.
4. The flop (three cards), the turn (one card) and the river (one card) are dealt face up, with a betting round after each.
5. Showdown: the pot is split between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand. With no qualifying low, the high hand wins it all.

Winning

Half the pot goes to the best high hand. The other half goes to the best low hand, if anyone has a low that qualifies.

• Each half uses exactly two of your hole cards and exactly three board cards.
• You can use different hole cards for your high hand and your low hand.
• Low: five different ranks, all 8 or lower. Aces count low. Straights and flushes do not hurt a low.
• If nobody has a qualifying low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
• One player can win both halves. This is called a scoop.
• If two players tie for a half, they split that half.

Betting

• PLO 8/b and 6 Card PLO 8/b: pot limit. The most you can raise is the size of the pot after you call.
• No Limit Omaha High Low: no limit. You can bet your whole stack at any time unless the table shows a cap.
• Limit Omaha 8/b: fixed limit. A small bet preflop and on the flop, a big bet on the turn and river, and a bet plus up to four raises per round.

Good to know

• A low is only possible when at least three board cards of different ranks are 8 or lower.
• If a pot cannot be split exactly, the extra smallest unit goes to the high half.
• Capped tables (PLO 8/b - Capped, 6 Card PLO 8/b - Capped): once you have put the cap into the pot in a hand, you are all-in for that hand. The rest of your stack stays yours.

How a hand plays

1. The two players to the left of the button post the small blind and the big blind. Heads-up, the button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop.
2. Everyone is dealt five hole cards face down.
3. Preflop betting starts with the player to the left of the big blind.
4. The flop (three cards), the turn (one card) and the river (one card) are dealt face up, with a betting round after each.
5. Showdown: the pot is split between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand. With no qualifying low, the high hand wins it all.

Winning

Big O plays exactly like Omaha Hi-Lo, with five hole cards instead of four.

• Each half uses exactly two of your five hole cards and exactly three board cards.
• Low: five different ranks, all 8 or lower, aces low. Straights and flushes do not hurt a low.
• If nobody has a qualifying low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
• One player can win both halves.

Betting

• Big O: pot limit. The smallest bet is one big blind; the most you can raise is the size of the pot after you call.
• Limit Big O: fixed limit. A small bet preflop and on the flop, a big bet on the turn and river.
• Big O - Capped: pot limit with a cap. Once you have put the cap into the pot in a hand, you are all-in for that hand.

How a hand plays

1. The two players to the left of the button post the small blind and the big blind. Heads-up, the button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop. In the double-board bomb pots, everyone posts the same ante instead and there is no preflop betting.
2. Everyone is dealt their hole cards face down.
3. Two boards are dealt. The flop, turn and river each add cards to both boards.
4. There is one betting round per street, not one per board.
5. Showdown: the pot is split in half, and each half is played out on its own board.

Winning

• You make a separate hand on each board: exactly two of your hole cards plus exactly three cards from that board. You never mix cards from the two boards.
• The best hand on the first board wins half the pot. The best hand on the second board wins the other half.
• Win both boards and you take the whole pot. If hands tie on a board, they split that board's half.
• These games are high only. There is no low half.
• If a pot cannot be split exactly, the extra smallest unit goes to the first board.

Betting

• PLO, PLO5 and PLO6 Double Board, and the double-board bomb pots: pot limit.
• Double Board Omaha (four cards) and Double Board 5 Card Omaha: fixed limit, with a small bet preflop and on the flop and a big bet on the turn and river.

Good to know

• Double-board bomb pots (PLO, PLO5 and PLO6): every hand is a bomb pot. Everyone dealt in posts the same ante, no blinds are posted, and betting starts on the flop.
• The PLO Double Board Bomb Pot Mix rotates PLO, PLO5 and PLO6 double-board bomb pots, in that order. Each hand plays like the standalone game that is up.