Like Texas Hold’em, the object of Omaha is to make the best possible five-card hand, using a combination of hole 🏧 cards and five community cards.

In Omaha, however, players are dealt four hole cards, and must make a five-card hand using 🏧 exactly two hole cards and three community cards. This differs from Texas Hold’em, in which players get two hole cards, 🏧 and can use any combination of hole cards and community cards to make the best five-card hand.

Two versions of Omaha 🏧 are commonly played around the world, Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo (aka Omaha Eight or Better). The next sections 🏧 will cover Omaha Hi-Lo. Learn how to play Pot Limit Omaha here.

Omaha Hi Lo Rules Overview

Omaha 8, also known as 🏧 Omaha Eight or Better, or Omaha high low split ('Hi/Lo'), is a split pot game. The best high hand wins 🏧 half of the pot, and the best low hand wins the other half of the pot.