Omaha hold 'em A showdown in Omaha. Player on the left wins with Three of a kind. Exactly two hole 2️⃣ cards must be used. Alternative names Omaha Type Community card poker Players 2–10 Skills Probability, psychology Cards 52 Deck French 2️⃣ Rank (high→low) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Play Clockwise Chance Medium to 2️⃣ high

Omaha hold 'em (also known as Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game similar to Texas 2️⃣ hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make their best hand using exactly two of them, 2️⃣ plus exactly three of the five community cards. The exact origin of the game is unknown, but casino executive Robert 2️⃣ Turner first brought Omaha into a casino setting when he introduced the game to Bill Boyd, who offered it as 2️⃣ a game at the Las Vegas Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em").[1][2] Omaha uses a 52-card French deck. Omaha 2️⃣ hold 'em 8-or-better is the "O" game featured in H.O.R.S.E.

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Omaha hold 'em derives its name from two 2️⃣ types of games.

"Hold'em" refers to a game using community cards that are shared by all players. This is opposed to 2️⃣ draw games, where each player's hand is composed only of concealed cards, and stud games, where each player's unique hand 2️⃣ contains a mix of cards visible to the other players and concealed hole cards.