Poker
Pl o poker rules
PLO, or Pot-Limit Omaha, is a poker variant that gives each player four private cards and requires them to form a five-card hand from exactly two of those plus three community cards.
- Hole cards dealt
- 4 per player
- Hole cards used in final hand
- Exactly 2
- Community cards used
- Exactly 3 of 5 board cards
Key points
- Betting uses a pot-limit structure: the maximum raise is the current pot size.3
- At showdown, each player selects exactly two of their four hole cards and three of the five community cards.1
- This hand-construction rule is more restrictive than Texas hold'em, where players can use any combination of hole and board cards.2
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Sources
- Omaha Poker - card game rules pagat.com Provides the official rules for Omaha poker, including the hand-construction rule.
- Omaha hold 'em en.wikipedia.org Confirms the number of hole cards and the exactly-two-and-three rule.
- Community card poker - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Supports the pot-limit betting structure and the game's place in mixed formats.
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