Omaha Poker Hand Calculator
Omaha is a community card poker game. Each player is dealt four "hole" cards. They must use two, and only two of their whole cards, in combination with three community cards to create the best hand possible.
While Omaha bears a strong resemblence to Texas Holdem, the two games have fundamental strategy differences that experienced Omaha players can exploit. If a player moves over from the texas holdem tables to an Omaha game, they usually find that cards that are strong in holdem are not strong in Omaha.
If you are moving into Omaha, it is recommended that you become familiar with quality starting hands, and the speed in which hands can go from favorite to underdog as the hand progresses. Making use of this calculator to shed some light on those issues is a good idea.
DOWNLOAD - Omaha Poker Hand Calculator
Steps
1. Download and Run "OmahaHandCalculator.EXE". There is no registration necessary.
Requirements
- Windows 98/Me/XP
The file is 542kb. Approximate download time via 56kbps dial-up is 18 seconds.
Processing all of the possibilities in an Omaha game takes longer than it does for a Holdem game. As a result, the results for the Omaha Calculator take more time to display.
Rules of Omaha Poker:
Omaha uses a standard 52 card deck, and games are dealt with up to 10 players at the table. One player is designated as "dealer" and can either deal the cards themselves, or when a designated dealer is present, the player will have the "button" placed in front of him indicating he has the position of dealer at the table. After each hand the button or the deal is passed one chair to the left, so that after a complete halo, all players will have had a chance to act from the position of the dealer.
The two players on the button's immediate left must post "blind" bets, named so because these bets are made before the players even see their cards. Typically, the player in the very first position posts a blind bet one-half the size of the player in the second position, although in some games, the first bet (called the "small blind") may be as little as one-third or as much as two-thirds the size of the second bet (called the "big blind").
Everone at the table is then dealt four cards, face down. These are pocket cards and are not shared by any other players at the table. A round of betting takes place at this point.
Once the pre-flop betting is complete, the three cards are dealt face-up. These are "community" cards that belong to everyone, and these three cards are called "the flop."
A second round of betting follows. In the second betting round, the player closest to the left of the button, who is still in the hand, acts first. Once everyone has contributed to the pot equally, the fourth card, or "turn card" is dealt face up in the cetner of the table.
After the third round of betting concludes, the dealer reveals the fifth and final community card, called "the River", which leads to a final round of betting.
At the end of the final round of betting, any players still remaining in the hand turn their cards over. This is the showdown.
If at any point during the hand, one player makes a bet that all others decline to call, the hand is over immediately, and the player who made the final wager takes the pot without the need to show his or her cards.
The player who can assemble the best five-card hand wins the pot.
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