5-Card Omaha
Omaha with five hole cards instead of four, played high-only — the high-hand-only counterpart to Big O, which adds a low split to the same five-card format.
Coming soon — not yet playable
Rules
5-Card Omaha (sometimes called PLO5) deals five hole cards to each player instead of Omaha's standard four. A round of betting follows the initial deal, using the same blind structure as Hold'em and Omaha.
Flop, turn, and river proceed identically to standard Omaha: three community cards, then one more, then one more, each followed by a betting round.
Showdown: each player must use exactly two of their five hole cards (no more, no fewer) combined with exactly three of the five community cards to make their best five-card high hand. Unlike Big O (also in this library), there is no low-hand split here — the best high hand takes the entire pot.
Strategy notes: With five hole cards to choose two from, average hand strength runs even higher than in standard four-card Omaha, since there are more possible two-card combinations to work with — hands that would already be considered strong in Omaha often play even better here.
Common house rules
Confirm high-only before dealing
Because Big O (the hi-lo version of this same five-hole-card format) is also common, explicitly state '5-Card Omaha, high only' before dealing at a mixed table to avoid confusion at showdown.
Pot-limit by tradition
As with standard Omaha, this game is very commonly played pot-limit, since the larger hole-card pool pushes average hand strength up and uncapped no-limit betting can escalate quickly.
Five hole cards, still exactly two used
Worth stating explicitly: exactly two of the five hole cards (not more, not fewer) must be used at showdown, combined with exactly three of the five community cards.
Related games
Based on shared category, origin, and rules that reference each other.
Omaha
Community-card poker like Hold'em, but with four hole cards instead of two — high hand only, no low split, and exactly two hole cards must be used at showdown.
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