Poker Variations: Omaha and Seven Card Stud
Poker Variations: Omaha and Seven Card Stud
Take a break from Online Texas Hold'em and play some other online poker games...
POKER VARIATIONS
Many of you new players will be getting familiar with Texas Hold’em by now and may be becoming curious about some of the other variations of poker available to you on dailystarpoker.com. Certainly the best alternative to Hold’em is Omaha Poker so here’s a brief rundown of the basic difference between the two games.
OMAHA POKER BASICS
All players are dealt four hole cards face down instead of the two hole cards you would normally receive in Texas Hold’em. The five community cards are dealt in exactly the same way as Hold’em. Three cards are dealt at the flop, followed by the fourth at the “turn” and the fifth at the “river”. Players have to form their best available hand by using three of the community cards with any two of their four hole cards. There is no choice here. You MUST use two hole cards in the formation your hand.
OMAHA POKER WARNING
Because of the nature of Omaha you will find you will tend to land much more powerful hands than you are used to at Hold’em. Keep in mind that this is obviously happening to your opposing players as well. You haven’t been personally singled out by Lady Luck to suddenly get pocket rockets twice as often as normal.
CHOICE OF PROFESSIONALS
Omaha is often the game of personal choice for professional poker players and when you get into it you’ll see why. Take one of the free Omaha tutorials at dailystarpoker.com before you launch yourself into this compelling game.
SEVEN CARD STUD
All players are dealt two cards face down and one face up. The face up card is known as the “door” card. If you have the lowest value door card beaming up at everyone at the table it’s you who has to start the betting. Every player is permitted one bet and three raises in each round of betting. Three further cards are dealt face up and these are known as “fourth”, “fifth” and “sixth” street. A round of betting is initiated in between each street by the player showing the highest value card. The seventh and last card (the “river”) is dealt face down. When the betting is completed and the last card is revealed, the player who has formed the best five card hand wins as in Hold’em and Omaha.
Take a break from Online Texas Hold'em and play some other online poker games...
POKER VARIATIONS
Many of you new players will be getting familiar with Texas Hold’em by now and may be becoming curious about some of the other variations of poker available to you on dailystarpoker.com. Certainly the best alternative to Hold’em is Omaha Poker so here’s a brief rundown of the basic difference between the two games.
OMAHA POKER BASICS
All players are dealt four hole cards face down instead of the two hole cards you would normally receive in Texas Hold’em. The five community cards are dealt in exactly the same way as Hold’em. Three cards are dealt at the flop, followed by the fourth at the “turn” and the fifth at the “river”. Players have to form their best available hand by using three of the community cards with any two of their four hole cards. There is no choice here. You MUST use two hole cards in the formation your hand.
OMAHA POKER WARNING
Because of the nature of Omaha you will find you will tend to land much more powerful hands than you are used to at Hold’em. Keep in mind that this is obviously happening to your opposing players as well. You haven’t been personally singled out by Lady Luck to suddenly get pocket rockets twice as often as normal.
CHOICE OF PROFESSIONALS
Omaha is often the game of personal choice for professional poker players and when you get into it you’ll see why. Take one of the free Omaha tutorials at dailystarpoker.com before you launch yourself into this compelling game.
SEVEN CARD STUD
All players are dealt two cards face down and one face up. The face up card is known as the “door” card. If you have the lowest value door card beaming up at everyone at the table it’s you who has to start the betting. Every player is permitted one bet and three raises in each round of betting. Three further cards are dealt face up and these are known as “fourth”, “fifth” and “sixth” street. A round of betting is initiated in between each street by the player showing the highest value card. The seventh and last card (the “river”) is dealt face down. When the betting is completed and the last card is revealed, the player who has formed the best five card hand wins as in Hold’em and Omaha.
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