Omaha Poker Glossary
Below you’ll find some common terms and definitions that are used in Omaha poker (as well as some general poker terms).
“The board”: The board is the five community cards in the middle, dealt face up, that all players in the hand share.
“Double suited”: Double suited (sometimes abbreviated DS) means that two of your hole cards are one suit, while the other two are another, such as Ad 2d 8h 9h.
“Getting quartered”: Getting quartered occurs in Omaha Hi Lo when you must split half the pot with multiple opponents. This occurs most often when multiple players split the low half of the pot.
“Flop”: The flop is the first three community cards that are dealt.
“The nuts”: The best hand possible on any given board.
“PLO”: Pot Limit Omaha.
“PLO8″: Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo, also known as Pot Limit Omaha/8.
“Scoop”: Scooping applies to Omaha Hi Lo, and occurs when you win both the high and low portions of the pot, often with a hand such as A2345.
“Wheel”: A wheel is the term used to describe the hand A2345.
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three of a kind is floped (4s) and the first person has a 4 and second person has a pair(2s).
The first player is only using 1 card to make his hand 4 of a kind.
The second person pushes 2s for a full house.
Who wins… The rules say you must play 2 cards and
Omaha holdem does not allow a kicker to be played on 4 of a kind hand???
What is the extra card called in the first players hand that did not play to make 4 of a kind?
It seams to me both cards are required to be played, when making a hand, therefore 2 on the flop and 2 in you hand is the only way to make 4 of a kind???
Gary,
In Omaha Poker, you use two cards in your hand and three on the board. In your example, the player with the four in his and would have four fours with whatever the next highest card is in his hand as the kicker. A kicker is indeed part of the hand. You must play two cards in your hand.
board comes 2222Q one player has XXXA other player has XX88 who wins the pot
The person with the pair of eights in their hand wins. In Omaha you can play ONLY three cards from the board. The person with XXXA has three 2′s with an AX and the person with XX88 has a full house.