Where Texas Hold'em and Omaha Split

Both games use five community cards and four betting rounds. The club Omaha page says the betting order matches Texas Hold'em. The split is how a hand is built. Hold'em may use both hole cards, one hole card, or the board alone. Omaha must use exactly two of four hole cards and exactly three community cards.

Same board, different nuts

On K-Q-J-T-2 with mixed suits, the Hold'em nuts are a straight that uses an ace. In Omaha that ace has to sit inside the two hole cards you use, and the other hole card has to be a K, Q, J or T. Ace-nine-eight-seven does not make the straight, because you would be using only one hole card. Ask whether your two chosen cards are the nuts before you fall in love with top pair.

2+3

Omaha construction

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Omaha hole cards

5

PLO5 hole cards

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Omaha target

Which table to move to

• Do not raise the buy-in into Omaha before the Hold'em filter is familiar.
• In Omaha, check that a draw is the nut draw. A non-nut flush is easy to outdraw.
• PLO5 deals five hole cards, so combinations multiply. The game page flags the variance. Save it until after Omaha.

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