Jimmyha
Jimmyha
Poker with Community Cards
Split: High/Low/Hold Em
Number of Players: 2-10
Wild Cards: No
Players are dealt six cards and will separate them into a Texas Hold Em hand and an Omaha Hi/Low hand. The pot will be split between 2 or 3 winners (Texas Hold Em, Omaha High, Omaha Low (if there are qualified hands). For the two Omaha hands, players must play exactly 2 hold cards and 3 community cards. For the Texas Hold’em hand, players may play 0-2 of their hole cards.
Each player is dealt six cards face down, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.
Players separate their hands into a 2-card Texas Hold Em hand and a 4-card Omaha Hi/Lo hand.
There is a round of betting where each player can fold, call, or raise. Betting starts left of the dealer or left of the big blind.
Community cards are dealt as a three card street (flop), a one card street (turn) and a one card street (river) with betting rounds following each street. A "burn" card is dealt before each street.
Determining the Winner
Omaha Low: A low hand must qualify for there to be a split pot. Low hands do not count straights or flushes. A qualifying low hand can be no better than 8-high (5 unpaired cards that are and 8 or lower. Aces can be used as the lowest card. The best possible low hand is A-2-3-4-5 ("the wheel") and the worst possible low hand is 4-5-6-7-8. A player must use 2 of their hole cards.
Omaha High: The best five-card poker using exactly two hole cards and three community cards. Different combinations of cards can be used by a player to make separate high and low hands.
Texas Hold Em: The best five-card poker hand using any number of hole cards and community card combinations of five.
The game is a Pot Limit game. The game can be played with blinds as a "round".