TL;DR
Every poker game is won or lost at showdown, and showdowns are decided by poker hand rankings. There are 10 possible hand categories in standard poker, ranked from Royal Flush (unbeatable) to High Card (bottom of the barrel). Understanding not just the order but the probability of each hand, and knowing that different variants like Omaha and Short Deck actually change the hierarchy, is what separates players who vaguely understand the game from those who play it correctly.
This poker hand rankings guide covers all 10 standard hands with odds and examples, tiebreaker rules, and starting hand strategy for Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and Short Deck.
How Poker Hands Work
In all standard poker variants, you’re building the best possible five-card hand. In Texas Hold’em, that means choosing the best five from your two hole cards and five community cards (seven total). In Omaha, you must use exactly two of your four hole cards and exactly three community cards. In five-card draw or stud, your hand is the five cards dealt directly to you.
The ranking of hands is determined by one principle: rarity. The harder a hand is to make, the higher it ranks. A royal flush appears so rarely that it beats everything. A pair is so common that it sits near the bottom.
There are 2,598,960 possible five-card combinations from a standard 52-card deck. Every hand ranking exists because of how many of those combinations fall into each category. The fewer combinations exist for a given hand type, the stronger it is.
Card ranks run from highest to lowest: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. The Ace can also play as the lowest card (below a 2) when forming a five-high straight (A-2-3-4-5, known as “the wheel”). Suits, spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs, are never used to break ties in standard poker. Two flushes of different suits but the same ranks are always equal.
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The 10 Poker Hands, Ranked Best to Worst
1. Royal Flush
What it is: The five highest cards in the deck, Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, all of the same suit (technically a straight flush).
Example: A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠
Beats: Everything. A royal flush cannot be beaten.
Probability (5-card hand): 0.000154% – odds of 649,739 to 1
Probability (Texas Hold’em, 7 cards): 0.0032% – odds of approximately 30,939 to 1
The royal flush is the rarest hand in poker. There are exactly four possible royal flushes, one per suit, out of 2,598,960 five-card combinations. In Texas Hold’em, where you use the best five from seven cards, you’re more likely to hit one, but it still happens so rarely that most recreational players will only see a handful in their lifetime.
No tiebreaker is needed, all royal flushes are equal. If two players somehow both hold a royal flush (only possible in community card games where five community cards form the hand), the pot is split.
2. Straight Flush
What it is: Five consecutive cards all of the same suit (but not the Royal Flush – that’s its own category).
Example: 9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ 5♥ (nine-high straight flush)
Beats: Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 0.00139% – odds of 72,192 to 1
Probability (Hold’em, 7 cards): 0.0279% – odds of approximately 3,589 to 1
There are 36 possible straight flushes in a 52-card deck, excluding the four royal flushes. The highest-ranking non-royal straight flush is a King-high straight flush (K-Q-J-10-9 of the same suit), also called a “royal flush without the ace.” The lowest is a five-high (A-2-3-4-5 of the same suit), called the “steel wheel”, and it has the unique property of simultaneously being the best low hand in hi-lo split games.
Tiebreaker: Higher top card wins. An 9-high straight flush beats a 7-high straight flush.
3. Four of a Kind (Quads)
What it is: All four cards of the same rank, plus any fifth card (the “kicker”).
Example: K♠ K♥ K♦ K♣ 7♠ (four kings)
Beats: Full House and everything below
Probability (5-card): 0.024% – odds of 4,165 to 1
Number of combinations: 624 (13 possible ranks × 48 possible fifth cards)
Quads are extremely strong and in most situations represent the nuts or near-nuts. The only hands that beat four of a kind are a straight flush and a royal flush.
Tiebreaker: Higher rank of the four cards wins. Four aces beat four kings. If the four-of-a-kind is on the board (community cards in Hold’em), the kicker, the fifth card, determines the winner. Four aces on the board with your King beats an opponent who plays the board with their Jack.
4. Full House
What it is: Three cards of one rank plus two cards of another rank.
Example: J♠ J♥ J♦ 4♠ 4♥ (jacks full of fours)
Beats: Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 0.1441% – odds of 693 to 1
Number of combinations: 3,744
A full house is also called a “full boat” or simply a “boat.” It’s named by the three-of-a-kind rank first, then the pair – so J-J-J-4-4 is “jacks full of fours.”
Tiebreaker: The rank of the three-of-a-kind part takes priority. K-K-K-2-2 beats Q-Q-Q-A-A because three Kings outrank three Queens. If two players have the same three-of-a-kind (possible in Hold’em using community cards), the pair rank decides it – K-K-K-10-10 beats K-K-K-9-9.
5. Flush
What it is: Any five cards of the same suit, not in consecutive order.
Example: A♦ J♦ 9♦ 5♦ 2♦ (ace-high flush in diamonds)
Beats: Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 0.197% – odds of 508 to 1
Number of combinations: 5,108
A flush is defined by suit, not sequence. The strength of a flush is determined by its highest card, then the second-highest, and so on.
Tiebreaker: Compare card by card from highest to lowest. A♦ Q♦ 9♦ 5♦ 2♦ beats A♦ Q♦ 8♦ 5♦ 2♦ because the third card (9 vs 8) differs. Two flushes that are identical in all five ranks tie, suits never matter.
6. Straight
What it is: Five consecutive cards of mixed suits (not all the same suit – that would be a straight flush).
Example: 10♠ 9♥ 8♦ 7♣ 6♠ (ten-high straight)
Beats: Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 0.392% – odds of 254 to 1
Number of combinations: 10,200
The Ace can serve as either the highest card (A-K-Q-J-10, Broadway) or the lowest card (A-2-3-4-5, the Wheel). The Ace cannot “wrap around” – Q-K-A-2-3 is not a valid straight.
Tiebreaker: Higher top card wins. A K-high straight (A-K-Q-J-10) beats a Q-high straight (Q-J-10-9-8). If two players hold the same straight (common in Hold’em), the pot is split.
7. Three of a Kind (Trips or a Set)
What it is: Three cards of the same rank plus two unrelated cards.
Example: 8♠ 8♥ 8♦ K♣ 3♠ (three eights)
Beats: Two Pair, One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 2.11% – odds of 46 to 1
Number of combinations: 54,912
In Hold’em, there’s an important distinction between “trips” and a “set”:
- Trips: One of your hole cards matches two board cards (e.g., you hold 8-3, board shows 8-8-K)
- Set: You hold a pocket pair that matches one board card (e.g., you hold 8-8, board shows 8-K-3)
Sets are generally more concealed and more powerful strategically. When you hold a pocket pair and hit your set, opponents rarely suspect the full strength of your hand.
Tiebreaker: Higher rank of the three-of-a-kind wins. If the three-of-a-kind rank is identical (only possible using all three from the board in Hold’em), the highest kicker decides. If kickers also match, the pot is split.
8. Two Pair
What it is: Two different pairs, plus a fifth unrelated card (the kicker).
Example: A♠ A♥ 6♦ 6♣ Q♠ (aces and sixes with a queen kicker)
Beats: One Pair, High Card
Probability (5-card): 4.75% – odds of 20 to 1
Number of combinations: 123,552
Two pair is a common hand in Texas Hold’em. With five community cards available, players frequently connect with the board for two pair.
Tiebreaker: First, compare the higher pair. A-A-6-6 beats K-K-Q-Q because aces outrank kings. If the higher pair ties, compare the lower pair – A-A-9-9 beats A-A-6-6. If both pairs tie, the kicker decides. If all five cards are identical, the pot is split.
9. One Pair
What it is: Two cards of the same rank plus three unrelated cards.
Example: Q♥ Q♦ A♠ 7♦ 3♣ (a pair of queens)
Beats: High Card
Probability (5-card): 42.26% – odds of 1.37 to 1
Number of combinations: 1,098,240
One pair is the most common winning hand in Texas Hold’em cash games. With seven cards available (two hole cards plus five community cards), even marginal hole cards frequently connect with the board for a pair.
Tiebreaker: Higher pair rank wins. K-K beats J-J. If the pair rank is the same, the highest kicker decides, then second kicker, then third. If all five cards tie, the pot is split.
10. High Card
What it is: Five cards that do not form any of the above combinations.
Example: A♠ Q♦ 9♥ 6♣ 2♠ (ace-high)
Beats: Nothing, but wins the pot if all opponents have a weaker high card hand
Probability (5-card): 50.12% – odds of 0.995 to 1
Number of combinations: 1,302,540
High card is the least valuable hand. It means your five cards form no pair, no consecutive sequence, and no suit uniformity. The hand is described by its highest card – “ace-high,” “king-high.”
Tiebreaker: Compare card by card from highest to lowest until a difference is found. A-Q-9-6-2 beats A-Q-8-6-2 because the third card (9 vs 8) differs. If all five cards are the same rank, the pot is split.
Poker Hands Ranked: At a Glance
| Rank | Hand | Example | 5-Card Frequency | Odds (5-card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Flush | A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠ | 4 | 649,739 : 1 |
| 2 | Straight Flush | 9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ 5♥ | 36 | 72,192 : 1 |
| 3 | Four of a Kind | K♠ K♥ K♦ K♣ 7♠ | 624 | 4,165 : 1 |
| 4 | Full House | J♠ J♥ J♦ 4♠ 4♥ | 3,744 | 693 : 1 |
| 5 | Flush | A♦ J♦ 9♦ 5♦ 2♦ | 5,108 | 508 : 1 |
| 6 | Straight | 10♠ 9♥ 8♦ 7♣ 6♠ | 10,200 | 254 : 1 |
| 7 | Three of a Kind | 8♠ 8♥ 8♦ K♣ 3♠ | 54,912 | 46 : 1 |
| 8 | Two Pair | A♠ A♥ 6♦ 6♣ Q♠ | 123,552 | 20 : 1 |
| 9 | One Pair | Q♥ Q♦ A♠ 7♦ 3♣ | 1,098,240 | 1.37 : 1 |
| 10 | High Card | A♠ Q♦ 9♥ 6♣ 2♠ | 1,302,540 | 0.995 : 1 |
Probabilities based on a standard 52-card deck, drawing five cards. Texas Hold’em (7-card) probabilities differ.
Tiebreaker Rules: What Happens When Hands Are Equal?
Ties are more common than beginners expect, especially in Texas Hold’em where all players share five community cards. The tiebreaker hierarchy:
- Hand category first. A flush always beats a straight, regardless of card values.
- Primary rank next. For pairs, three-of-a-kind, quads – the rank of the matched cards decides. A-A beats K-K.
- Secondary rank where applicable. In full houses, the pair rank breaks ties after the three-of-a-kind rank. In two pair, the lower pair breaks ties if the higher pair is equal.
- Kicker(s) last. The unmatched cards serve as tiebreakers when the ranked hands are identical. This is particularly important in one-pair and two-pair situations.
- If all five cards tie exactly, the pot is split. Suits never determine a winner in standard poker.
A critical note on kickers in Hold’em: If the board shows A-A-K-K-Q and one player holds A-J while another holds 10-10, the first player wins with a full house (A-A-A-K-K) versus two pair (A-A-K-K-Q). This kind of scenario is where misreading hands becomes costly.
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Texas Hold’em Starting Hands: What to Play Before the Flop
Understanding hand rankings tells you what beats what at showdown. Understanding starting hand strength tells you what’s worth playing before you ever see the flop. These are two separate but related skills.
In Texas Hold’em, you receive two hole cards. There are 169 distinct two-card combinations (considering rank but not suit), or 1,326 combinations if suits are included. Starting hand strength is determined by several factors: card ranks, whether the cards are of the same suit (suited), and whether the cards are close in rank (connected).
Tier 1: Premium Hands (Play Strongly From Any Position)
These are hands that have significant equity against almost any two cards and should be played aggressively from any seat at the table.
- Pocket Aces (A-A): The strongest starting hand in Texas Hold’em. Wins approximately 85% of the time heads-up against a random hand. Pocket aces are a 4.5-to-1 favourite over pocket kings, the next-best hand.
- Pocket Kings (K-K): Second only to aces. Wins approximately 82% heads-up against a random hand. Loses to aces preflop, but aces are rare, there are only 6 possible ace-ace combinations in the deck.
- Pocket Queens (Q-Q): Third strongest. Still a big favourite against most holdings, though vulnerable to both aces and kings.
- Ace-King Suited (A-K suited): “Big Slick.” The best non-pair starting hand. Has the potential to make the top pair with the top kicker, a royal flush, or the nut flush. Its strength comes from hitting big or knowing when to fold.
Tier 2: Strong Hands (Play Aggressively, Position Matters)
- Pocket Jacks (J-J): Strong but more vulnerable than the top three pairs. Faces difficult spots when an Ace, King, or Queen hits the board.
- Pocket Tens (10-10): A good hand that becomes tricky to navigate post-flop when overcards arrive.
- Ace-King Offsuit (A-Ko): Almost as strong as the suited version, but loses the flush equity.
- Ace-Queen Suited (A-Qs): Strong hand with excellent flush and top-pair potential.
- Pocket Nines (9-9): Playable, but requires positional awareness, many boards will have overcards.
Tier 3: Solid Hands (Best Played In Position)
- King-Queen Suited (K-Qs): Strong two-Broadway-card hand with great flush potential.
- Ace-Jack Suited (A-Js): Good but dominated by AK and AQ if the ace hits.
- Pocket Eights (8-8): Decent pocket pair with set-mining potential.
- King-Jack Suited (K-Js): Playable, but vulnerable to A-K and A-J.
- Suited Connectors (J-10s, 10-9s, 9-8s, etc.): These hands have strong post-flop potential, capable of making straights and flushes. Best played in position and in multi-way pots where the implied odds justify speculative play.
Texas Hold’em Starting Hands: Summary Table
| Tier | Hands | Approach |
|---|---|---|
| Premium | AA, KK, QQ, AKs | Raise/re-raise from any position |
| Strong | JJ, TT, AKo, AQs | Raise, call 3-bets carefully |
| Solid | 99, KQs, AJs, KJs, QJs | Raise from late position, call from early |
| Speculative | Suited connectors, small pairs | Play in position, multi-way, good implied odds |
| Fold | Most other hands, especially offsuit low cards | Default fold, especially early position |
The Most Overplayed Hand: Ace-Rag
One of the most costly beginner mistakes in Texas Hold’em is playing any ace, A-7, A-4, A-2, as if it’s a premium holding. An ace paired with a weak kicker creates a “dominated” situation: if an ace hits the board, you may have the same pair as your opponent but a worse kicker, and you’ll lose a large pot you thought you were winning.
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How Omaha Changes Hand Rankings and Starting Strength
Omaha uses the same 10 hand rankings as Texas Hold’em, the hierarchy from Royal Flush to High Card is identical. What changes is the structure: each player receives four hole cards and must use exactly two of them combined with exactly three of the five community cards to make their best hand.
This single rule change has enormous implications.
The “must use exactly two” rule catches beginners regularly. If the board shows A-A-A-K-Q and you hold A-J, you might think you have four aces. You don’t, you must use exactly two hole cards (your A and J) and three board cards (A-A-A, K, or Q). Your best hand is A-A-A-K-A? No, you can only pick three of those board aces. Your best hand is actually A-A-A-A-J… no, still wrong. Working through it: your two hole cards are A and J, and you pick three cards from A-A-A-K-Q on the board. You can use A-A-A from the board with your A hole card and… but that’s four aces, and you need exactly two hole cards and exactly three board cards. With hole A-J and board A-A-A-K-Q: use hole cards A and J, board cards A-A-A → four of a kind Aces with J kicker. That works.
Starting hand dynamics shift completely. In Texas Hold’em, pocket aces (A-A) hold approximately 83% equity heads-up against the second-best starting hand, kings (K-K). In Omaha, the best starting hand, A-A-K-K double suited, holds only about 33% to win (with 41% to tie) against the second-best starting hand, A-A-J-10 double suited. The edges are radically compressed.
Why? Because four hole cards give every player so many more ways to connect with the board. Strong made hands get outdrawn constantly. The nuts on the flop are frequently not the nuts by the river. A flush is frequently beaten by a higher flush because suited Aces are so common in starting hands.
Omaha best starting hand characteristics:
- Double-suited: Two cards of one suit and two cards of another, giving you two independent flush draws
- Coordinated: Cards that work together for straights and full houses
- High pairs with connectivity: A-A-K-K double suited, A-A-J-10 double suited, A-A-Q-Q double suited
Top 10 PLO starting hands (all double-suited):
- A-A-K-K
- A-A-J-10
- A-A-Q-Q
- A-A-J-J
- A-A-10-10
- A-A-9-9
- A-A-X-X (any double-suited aces with a pair)
- J-10-9-8
- K-K-Q-Q
- K-K-J-J
The “dangler” problem: In Omaha, a starting hand where one of your four cards doesn’t connect with the other three is significantly weakened. A hand like A-A-K-2 has a “dangling” 2 that contributes nothing to flushes, straights, or pairs with the remaining cards. Avoid danglers.
For Omaha Hi-Lo specifically: The best starting hands are those that can win both the high and low half of the pot. Double-suited aces with low side cards (A-A-2-3, A-A-2-4) are ideal, they can make the nut flush for high while also qualifying for the low half with cards below 8.
Short Deck Poker (Six-Plus Hold’em): When the Rankings Change
Short Deck, also known as Six-Plus Hold’em (6+), is played with a 36-card deck, all cards ranked 2 through 5 are removed. This single modification changes the probability of every hand, which in turn changes the ranking hierarchy.
The key hand ranking change in Short Deck: a flush beats a full house.
Here’s why. In standard Hold’em, each suit has 13 cards, making flush draws easy to pursue. In Short Deck, each suit has only 9 cards. Flush combinations drop from 5,108 in a standard deck to approximately 1,280 in the 36-card deck, a reduction of roughly 75%. Full houses, on the other hand, remain relatively common because the smaller deck means paired boards hit more frequently.
Since flushes are now harder to make than full houses, they rank higher.
In many Short Deck games, there is an additional change: three-of-a-kind beats a straight. With the 2-5 cards removed, straight draws complete far more frequently, an open-ended straight draw completes by the river approximately 45% of the time in Short Deck, compared to about 32% in standard Hold’em. Because straights are now statistically more common than three-of-a-kind, some formats rank trips above a straight. Check the house rules before assuming.
Short Deck Hand Rankings (Standard Version):
| Rank | Hand |
|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Flush |
| 2 | Straight Flush |
| 3 | Four of a Kind |
| 4 | Flush ← higher than full house |
| 5 | Full House |
| 6 | Three of a Kind ← higher than straight in some variants |
| 7 | Straight |
| 8 | Two Pair |
| 9 | One Pair |
| 10 | High Card |
Ace in Short Deck: The ace still plays as both high and low for straights, but the lowest straight is now A-6-7-8-9 (the ace replaces the missing 5). The highest straight remains A-K-Q-J-10.
Short Deck starting hand adjustments:
- Pocket pairs gain value because sets are harder to make but extremely strong when hit
- Suited hands gain value because flushes rank higher
- Straights are easier to complete, which means straight draws should be played more aggressively
- Two pair and top pair decrease in value because it’s easier for opponents to make strong hands
Short Deck became famous in high-stakes Macau cash games around 2015–2018, popularised by players like Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. The first major Short Deck televised tournament was the 2018 Triton Super High Roller, won by Phil Ivey.
Poker Hand Rankings: Wild Cards and Other Variant Rules
In some home games and video poker variants, wild cards are introduced, jokers or designated cards (like all 2s in “Deuces Wild”) that can represent any card in the deck. Wild cards create one additional hand category:
Five of a Kind: Five cards of the same rank, possible only with wild cards. Outranks even a royal flush. For example, four aces plus a joker playing as an ace = five aces.
Video poker variants like Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild use standard hand rankings (Jacks or Better: pairs of jacks or better pay, lower pairs don’t) with pay tables that define the return for each hand. These are fundamentally different from table poker in that you play against a pay table rather than other players.
Lowball variants (Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw): In lowball games, hand rankings are reversed, the worst standard poker hand is the best lowball hand. In Ace-to-Five lowball (Razz), the best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5 (the wheel). Straights and flushes are ignored as negative factors. In 2-7 Triple Draw, the best hand is 2-3-4-5-7, since aces count as high and straights/flushes do count against you.
Common Mistakes Beginners Make With Poker Hand Rankings
1. Thinking a straight beats a flush. It doesn’t. A flush (five of the same suit) always beats a straight (five in sequence). This is one of the most common beginner errors.
2. Misreading Omaha hands. Players holding four community-matching cards in Omaha sometimes believe they have a powerhouse, forgetting they must use exactly two hole cards. Many beginners overestimate their hand strength this way.
3. Ignoring kickers. One pair of aces sounds great, but if your kicker is a 3 and your opponent’s is a Queen, you lose. Kicker awareness is fundamental to avoiding costly pots you think you’ve won.
4. Forgetting the ace plays both high and low. A-2-3-4-5 is a valid straight (a “wheel”), with the ace serving as the low card. But A-Q-K-A-2 is not a straight, the ace cannot connect K-A-2 in sequence.
5. Thinking suited cards are always better. A suited hand is better than its offsuit equivalent, but only marginally, roughly 2–4% more equity preflop in Hold’em. A suited 7-2 is still a terrible hand.
6. Playing any ace in Omaha. In Omaha, a single ace without supporting connectivity is often a liability rather than an asset. Playing A-9-6-2 rainbow is a recipe for getting in difficult spots post-flop.
Poker Hand Rankings: Key Takeaways
- There are 10 standard hand categories in poker, ranked by rarity. Royal Flush is the best; High Card is the worst.
- From a standard 52-card deck, there are 2,598,960 possible five-card combinations. The rarer the hand, the higher it ranks.
- Tiebreakers are resolved by hand category, then primary rank, then secondary rank (where applicable), then kickers, then split pot – suits never decide ties.
- In Texas Hold’em starting hand selection, premium hands (AA, KK, QQ, AKs) play aggressively from any position. Speculative hands (suited connectors, small pairs) need position and pot odds.
- Omaha uses identical hand rankings to Hold’em but requires exactly two hole cards plus exactly three community cards, completely changing starting hand strategy and post-flop dynamics.
- Short Deck (6+) changes the ranking hierarchy: a flush beats a full house, and in many variants three-of-a-kind beats a straight, because the 36-card deck changes what’s rare.
FAQs
Q. What is the highest hand in poker?
The Royal Flush – Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10 all of the same suit. It cannot be beaten. There are only four possible royal flushes in a 52-card deck (one per suit), making it the rarest hand at odds of 649,739 to 1 from five cards.
Q. Does a flush beat a straight?
Yes, always – in standard poker. A flush (five cards of the same suit) beats a straight (five consecutive cards of mixed suits) because flushes are harder to make. There are 5,108 possible flushes versus 10,200 possible straights in a five-card hand. The only exception is Short Deck poker, where the ranking differences are specifically noted.
Q. Does a full house beat a flush?
In standard poker, yes – a full house outranks a flush. In Short Deck (6+), this is reversed: a flush beats a full house, because the shorter deck makes flushes rarer than full houses.
Q. What beats a full house?
Only four of a kind, a straight flush, and a royal flush beat a full house in standard poker.
Q. What is the best starting hand in Texas Hold’em?
Pocket Aces (A-A), statistically the strongest starting hand, holding approximately 83–85% equity heads-up against any other two-card hand. The second-best hand, pocket Kings, is an 83% underdog against pocket Aces preflop.
Q. Can two players have the same hand in poker?
Yes, especially in Texas Hold’em where five community cards are shared. If both players make identical five-card hands (same ranks in the same categories), the pot is split equally. Suits never break a tie.
Q. How are poker hands different in Omaha?
The hand rankings themselves are identical – Royal Flush to High Card. What changes is that Omaha players must use exactly two of their four hole cards and exactly three of the five community cards. This rule prevents you from “playing the board” and makes what appears to be a strong hand in Hold’em sometimes weaker in Omaha.
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