PLO (Pot-Limit Omaha) Rules

Game Rules

Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) is a game that plays similarly to No Limit Hold’em. When playing PLO, every player is dealt four cards face down - called “hole cards“. Then there is a round of betting where you can Check, Bet or Fold. This stage of the game is known as “pre-flop“.

When all the pre-flop betting has finished and three community cards are dealt face up on the board. These three cards are known as the “flop“.

After pre-flop there is another round of betting, then a fourth community card is dealt on the board - this card is known as the “turn“.

The final round of betting comes and the fifth community card is dealt on the board – this card is known as the “river“.

There are two main differences of PLO: 1. Each player must use exactly 2 hole cards and 3 community cards in making a 5 card hand. For example, if you have 7s-7d-9h-Kd and the community cards are 7h-9c-As-Ad-2c you have full house (7s-7d-7h-As-Ad). If the community cards were 9s-Qd-Qc-Qh-Qs you would only have full house (7s-7d-Qd-Qc-Qh), but not quads.

2. The maximum bet allowed is the size of the pot. There are two ways a hand can end. One is when the players in a hand turn over their hole cards and the player with the best hand wins. This is known as the “showdown“. The other is that someone will bet enough that everyone else folds. This is how most hands end in PLO and that's the magic of the game - you don't always need the best hand to win.

Poker-hand rankings : from strongest to weakest

ROYAL FLUSH
STRAIGHT FLUSH
FOUR OF A KIND
FULL HOUSE
FLUSH
STRAIGHT
THREE OF A KIND
TWO PAIRS
PAIR
HIGH CARD