Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Poker

I made ten bucks playing Omaha hold'em with 'the guys' tonight. Doesn't cover the munchies they ate, but it could have been worse.

4 comments:

Scooter said...

What's the difference between Omaha and Texas?

BiggTree said...

Omaha deals four 'down' cards to each player. The player can use his best 2. There is an added wrinkle when at least 3 of the 'up' cards are an 8 or lower. In that case there is a potential 'low' hand that splits the pot with the high hand.

Scooter said...

Is the betting generally no-limit until there's one winner (like Texas No Limit)? I imagine not if there's a low hand, you must play each round as a separate betting instance?

BiggTree said...

Not sure about 'generally', but we have some custom rules to make sure it stays friendly. The first hour has a 2 dollar max raise, second hour has a 4 dollar max raise. The third and final hour is no-limit with standard "all-in" rules.