Omaha

Omaha is a poker game similar to Texas Hold`em. Similarly to Hold`em, you use two initial stakes: Small Blind and Big Blind. First, you get "pocket" cards (there are four cards in Omaha, not two. like in Hold`em).Then, just like in Texas Hold`em, you lay down the cards on the table- flop, turn and river, with stake rounds in between. Similarly to Hold`em, you can raise a stake up to three times during each stake round. In Omaha, you have to use two cards out of four pocket cards and three cards out of five communal cards.

Pocket: 3§ K¨ Kª K©

Flop: K§ 4ª 6¨  Turn: 5§  River: 7¨

In this case you have only got three Kings (K¨ Kª K§ 7¨ 5§). Because you can only use two cards out of pocket, thus you can not use K© for Kings Four of a Kind.

Strategy in Omaha

The best initial cards in Omaha:

1. A-A-K-K*

2. A-A-J-10

3. A-A-Q-Q

4. A-A-J-J

5. A-A-10-10

6. A-A-9-9

7. A-A-x-x

8. 8-9-10-J

9. K-K-Q-Q

10. K-K-J-J

11. K-Q-J-10

12. K-K-10-10

13. K-K-A-Q

14. K-K-A-J

15. K-K-A-10

16. K-K-Q-J

17. K-K-Q-10

18. K-K-J-10

19. Q-Q-10-10

20. Q-Q-A-K

21. Q-Q-A-J

22. Q-Q-A-10

23. Q-Q-K-J

24. Q-Q-K-10

25. Q-Q-J-10

26. Q-Q-J-9

* The best initial cards in Omaha are "double-suited"-double colour, i.e.: A¨-Aª-K¨-Kª