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Omaha hand reader.
Enter your four cards and a flop, turn or river. You'll see your best hand using exactly two of your cards and three from the board, whether anyone could beat it, and the misreads to watch for.
Omaha hand readerOn the turn
Your hand
Board
Flop
Flop
Flop
Turn
River
Your best handFlush, Ace high
Two from your hand
Three from the board
The glowing cards make the hand. The other cards don't count.
The nutsNobody can beat your flush, ace high on this board right now, though a later card can change that. Another player could at most tie.
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Questions people ask
- What is the two-plus-three rule?
- In Omaha your hand is always exactly two of your four cards plus exactly three board cards. You can't use one card from your hand, or three, or four, and you can't play the board on its own.
- Four hearts on the board and I have one heart. Is that a flush?
- No. You need two hearts in your hand. With only one, you have no flush at all, even if it's the ace. This is the most common Omaha misread.
- Four cards to a straight are on the board. Is one card in my hand enough?
- No. With 9-10-J-Q on the board, a lone king in your hand isn't a straight. You need two cards that fit with three from the board: A-K (A-K-Q-J-10), K-Q (K-Q-J-10-9) or 8-7 (7-8-9-10-J) all make one.
- I have three of a kind in my hand. What does it play as?
- A pair. Only two of the three can play. Three kings also hurt you: only one king is left in the deck, so you rarely make three of a kind with them.
- Can I play the board?
- No. If the board shows a full house or a straight, you still must use two of your cards, which can leave your hand weaker than the board.
- What does 'the nuts' mean here?
- The best hand possible on this board. The reader checks every two cards another player could hold, leaving out the cards in your hand. So if you hold the ace of the flush suit, nobody else can have the ace-high flush. Before the river, the nuts can change with the next card.
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