What is Omaha and how do you play it? With Hold’em tables overflowing with players, many new players are heading over to the Omaha games. So with that in mind, here is a guide for getting started at Omaha and making sense of Omaha Hi-Lo as well. So how on earth do you play Omaha Hi-Lo? You’ve played a lot of Hold’em, given Stud a whirl and you love Go Fish – but this Omaha thing seems like madness! 4 cards but you can only play 2 of them?! Two different pots to win every hand? And what in God’s name does Pot Limit mean? Here is a rundown of what Omaha is and how to play it. This article pre-supposes that you have played Hold’em and have a firm grasp on what’s going on there. Four but Really Two: Omaha (we are not talking about Omaha Hi-Lo yet, which is a different animal and which we will get to after “regular” Omaha) is and is not the same thing as Texas Hold’em only played with four hole cards instead of two. The community cards are the same, the betting structure is the same and you do in fact, have four hole cards. But ...