Omaha X or Better

The game is played with a button and blinds.

Dealing Procedure

Each player is dealt four cards face down, followed by a round of betting at the small bet limit.

Three community cards are placed face up. This is followed by a round of betting at the small bet limit.

At this point two (standard) dice are rolled, in accordance with the Dice Procedures. These determine "X", the qualifier for the low hand:

  • 12: Queen
  • 11: Jack
  • 10 down to 5: face value
  • 4, 3, or 2: no low hand

One additional community card is place faced up. This is followed by a round of betting at the big bet limit.

One additional community card is placed face up. This is followed by a round of betting at the big bet limit. This is followed by a showdown.

Evaluating the Showdown

Hands are made using exactly two cards from each player’s hand and exactly three cards from the board. The pot is split between the best conventional high hand and the best low hand, with a qualifier of X (the die roll).

If no qualifying low hand is made, the high hand always scoops the pot.

If the board does not have three cards under X on the board, no low is possible (thus a die roll of 2, 3, or 4 rules out a low hand).

Notes

This game was created by Christian "Dr. Doofenschmirtz" Jones.