Tic Tac Toe

• Poker with sets of 3 Community Cards

• Best 5 card poker hand

• Number of players: 2-10

• Stakes: Stakes: Pot Limit (typical), No Limit , Fixed

• Wild cards: no

Overview

This is a variant of Omaha Hi/Lo making hands using a combination of 2 of the hole cards and 3 of community cards.

This is a split pot game. The best high hand wins half of the pot and the best low hand wins the other half of the pot.

How To Play

• Players are dealt four hole cards.

• 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 in 3 rows of 3 cards face down.

• There is a round of betting.

• The first column of 3 cards is revealed.

• There is a round of betting.

• The second column of 3 cards is revealed.

• There is a round of betting.

• The third column of 3 cards is revealed.

• There is a round of betting.

Determining the Winner

•  A low hand must qualify for there to be a split pot. Straights or flushes do not count towards a low hand. 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.

• It is possible for a player to win both the high and low portions of the pot--known as "scooping". If there is no qualifying low hand, the best high hand will scoop the whole pot.