Omaha Rules

#1 10th August 2006, 5:48 AM

I am new to Omaha and was wondering how certain rules work.

For instance if you have an Ace of spades in your 4 undercards and there are 4 spades on the board it will not give you the flush. Another example would be if there are 2 pair on the 2 5's on the board and 2 7's and you are holding a seven you will not be awarded a full house.

Does anyone know what I am talking about and if so can you explain?

#2 10th August 2006, 5:50 AM

You HAVE to play 2 of your hole cards.

#3 10th August 2006, 5:52 AM

I see, so you can't play the spade and just use another card with no value?

#4 10th August 2006, 5:53 AM

If you played the one spade + one card of no value, you wouldn't have a flush then.

#5 10th August 2006, 5:54 AM

even though there are 4 spades on the board?

#6 10th August 2006, 5:56 AM

Yes. You must play EXACTLY two of your hole cards combined with any three community cards to make your 5 card hand.

#7 10th August 2006, 5:58 AM

got it, thanks for your help

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