In our example we can see that the early position player started off with a pair of aces (which were also ‘double-suited’, meaning they had the potential to make a flush with two different suits). The player with the best hand – using exactly two of their hole cards and three community cards – is the winner. When betting is complete, all remaining players reveal their hole cards. The original bettor likes their hand enough to call, and the hand heads to a showdown. The early position player bets out again, only to be raised by the player on the button.

Just as in Texas Hold’em, the river is the final community card to be dealt, and is followed by the final betting round. The player in early position makes another bet and the player on the button, still looking to improve on their two pair, makes the call. This turn card doesn’t seem to change much. The TurnĪnother communal card is added to the board, following by a further round of betting.

The button has flopped bottom two pair, with a lot of potential to improve even further to a straight or a flush, so makes the call while the big blind folds. The big blind checks and the pre-flop raiser puts in a bet. Unlike in Hold’em, however, players already have various options for different hands they can make, given that they have a choice of four hole cards from which they must use two to make their hand. Just as in Texas Hold’em, the dealer spreads three communal cards in the center of the table, for all players to use. In this example, the player in early position raises and is called by the button, with J -T -9 -8, and the big blind. The player to the left of the dealer puts in the small blind, the player to their left puts in the big blind, and the remaining players must call that forced bet to stay in the hand. Pre-FlopĮvery player receives four hole cards, which can only be seen and used by them. This example is from a six-handed Pot-Limit Omaha cash game, with blinds of $1/$2. Let’s watch as a hand of PLO poker plays out, step by step.

Omaha Poker Rules – A Step by Step Example

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