Omaha Toss 'Em

• Poker with 5 Community Cards

• Best 5 card poker hand

• Number of players: 2-9

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

• Wild cards: no

Overview

• Omaha Toss Em is a variant of Omaha Hi/Lo. The object is to make the best/worst possible five-card hands, using a combination of hole cards and five community cards.

• Players are dealt Five hole cards and will make a five-card hand using their remaining two hole cards and three community cards. Players will discard one of their holes after each street is dealt leaving them with a 2-card hand at the end.

• 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

• Each player is dealt fiver cards face down, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

• 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.

• After each street is dealt, each player must discard one card before the round of betting begins.

• At showdown, players will use their 2 remaining hole cards to make their best 5 card high and low hands.

Determining the Winner

•  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.

• 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.