About Omaha


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Limit, Pot Limit and No Limit Omaha

The rules of Omaha are the same for the variants Fixed Limit, No Limit and Pot Limit, with some exceptions:

• Limit Omaha

Amounts used to bet in Limit Omaha are predetermined and structured. Preflop, flop bets and raises are the same amount as the big blind. The turn and river doubles the amount of all bets and raises. In limit Omaha, a player may bet four times per betting round. The player may do the following: (1) bet, (2) raise, (3) re-raise and (4) cap (last raise).

• Pot Limit Omaha

The minimum bet in Pot Limit Omaha is as big as the big blind, but players can always bet the pot.

Minimum raise: The raise amount must be at least as high as the previous bet or raise in the same betting round. If the first player bets $ 5, for example, the second player must raise at least $ 5 (total bet of for the second player is the $ 10).

Maximum raise: The size of the pot. This includes the total of the active pot plus all bets on the table plus the amount the active player must first call before rising.

For example: If there is $ 100s in the pot and no action on a particular betting round, a player may bet up to $ 100. After that bet, the action moves to the next player to his left. That player may fold; call $ 100, or any amount between the minimum ($ 100 more) and the maximum raise. The maximum bet in this case is $ 100 – $ 400. Once first raiser would calls, the pot is set at $ 300, and then raising another $ 300 will make the total bet $ 400. In Pot Limit Omaha is no limit to the number of raises allowed.

• No Limit Omaha

The minimum bet in No Limit Omaha is as big as the big blind, but players can always bet as much as they want, up to all of their chips.

Minimum raise: In No Limit Omaha the player must raise at least as high as the previous bet or raise in the same betting round. If the first player bets $ 5, for example, the second player with must raise $ 5 at least (the total commitment of the second player is $ 10).

Maximum raise: The size of your stack (your chips on the table). In No Limit Omaha there is no limit to the number of raises allowed.

Omaha Hi/Lo Poker

This version of Omaha, the pot is split between the players with the highest and lowest poker hands, giving the game a whole new dimension. If you ever want to try but you lack confidence in your knowledge of the rules, you should first try one of the free poker tables.

All you have to lose at these tables is play money.


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