Omaha: select the right five

The basic distinction

Standard four-card Omaha gives each player four private cards. A final hand must use exactly two private cards and exactly three community cards. Do not import Hold’em’s flexible selection rule into Omaha.

Check the variant

Omaha high, high-low and formats with different private-card counts require their own instructions. Confirm the version, hand-ranking system and limits before your first session.

Make the selection visible

In a practice exercise, place the two selected private cards apart from the three selected board cards. Say where each card came from before evaluating the hand.

Use the example carefully

The example below identifies a possible selection; the other cards from a full deal are omitted. It teaches selection, not a complete round or a result prediction.

Reference

https://www.pagat.com/poker/variants/omaha.html