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Saturday, 03 February 2007 |
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This kind of poker is very similar to the Texas Hold'em poker explained above, but with two crucial changes in rules: 1. There are four "pocket" cards dealt to the players instead of two. 2. Players make their highest hand using two "pocket" cards and three "community" cards. As the similarity with other rules may seem this two variations similar, the two main differences in the rules force to use a very different strategy and tactics while playing Omaha Poker. Hi/Low Variety Omaha Hi/Low is a kind of Omaha poker which differs only in additional possibility in winning some part of the pot. As in Omaha High Only, the “Hi” winner is the player with the best poker hand. But instead of only one “Hi” winner, there may also be additional “Low” winner. A hand made of 5 different cards below a 9 is called the Low hand. As before, the Low hand must be made from two pocket cards and three community cards. The example of the Low hand may be 2,4,5,6 and 7 of any color. The player with lowest Low hand is the Low winner. If there is a Low winner, he splits the pot 50/50 with the High winner. The Low winner is determined from multiple Low hands on comparing the highest of the low cards, then the second highest and so on. The Low pot is split between two or more Low hands if they are equal. There can’t be Low winner on every hand, because there must be at least three different low cards (under 9) on the table at the end to enable a qualifying low hand. Player may use any two of his four pocket cards and any three of the cards on the table to make both Hi and Low hand. The lowest possible combination is 5,4,3,2,A of any color. Flushes and straights do not count against you for the low hand. The same ace can be used to make both high hand and a low hand, as it counts both as high and low.
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