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Three Poker Games are available at Poker Ocean:
These are all games for two to ten people (plus a virtual dealer), with a card deck of 52. The bets placed by players accumulate into a pot as the game progresses. The best poker hand wins the pot.
For an understanding of the rank of various poker hands, please click here.
Omaha Hi/Low follows the same rules as regular Omaha, but there is an additional way to win a share of the pot. The Hi winner is the player with the best poker hand, as in Omaha High Only. But in addition to a Hi winner, there can be a Low winner. The Low hand is a hand with 5 different cards below a 9. You must use two pocket cards and three community cards to make a low hand. For example, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of any suit would be a Low hand. The lowest Low hand is the Low winner. In case of a Low winner, the pot is split 50/50 between the Low and High winner. In case of multiple Low hands, the Low winner is determined by comparing the highest of the low cards, then the second highest, etc. If the two or more Low hands are equal, the Low pot is split between them. Because there must be at least three different low cards (under 9) on the board at the end to enable a qualifying low hand there may not be a Low winner every hand. Also, a player may use different pocket cards for Hi and for Low, from the four cards dealt to him along with any three community cards, where again different cards may be used for the high hand to the low hand. In Hi Low Omaha the lowest possible hand is 5,4,3,2,A of any suits (flushes and straights do not count against you for the low hand). Ace counts as high and low and therefore the same ace can be used to make a high hand and a low hand.
Pot Limit games differ from the Limit games by the betting and raising amounts allowed: The minimum raise amount is the previous bet or raise in the same hand. For example, if the first player bet $10, the second player can raise a minimum of $10. The maximum raise amount is the total betting pot + total bets of other players in the betting round + the call amount of the player. For example, if the pot is $50, the first player bets $10 and the second player calls $10, the third player can raise up to $80 ($50 in the main pot + $20 from past bets in the round + $10 of the player's own call).
No Limit games differ from the Limit games in the fact that there is no maximum to each raise (apart from the player's table balance).
The house commissions between 0% and 5% of each total pot. We do not charge a rake if the hand ended before the "flop" cards were dealt - "No flop no drop."
The following are the fixed limits for the rake:
$0.02/$0.04 to $0.25/$0.50| Number of players | Rake per Pot | Max. Rake |
|---|---|---|
| 2-10 | $0.05 for each $1 in the Pot | $1.00 |
| Number of players | Pot reaches $5 | Pot reaches $12 | Pot reaches $20 | Max. Rake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-10 | $0.50 | Additional $0.25 | Additional $0.25 | $1.00 |
| Number of players | Pot reaches $10 | Pot reaches $20 | Pot reaches $30 | Pot reaches $40 | Pot reaches $50 | Pot reaches $60 | Max. Rake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $0.25 | Additional $0.25 | Additional $0.25 | Additional $0.25 | - | - | $1.00 |
| 4-5 | $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | - | - | $2.00 |
| 6-10 | $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | Additional $0.50 | $3.00 |
| Number of players | Pot reaches $50 | Pot reaches $75 | Pot at $100 | Pot at $125 | Pot at $150 | Pot at $200 | Pot at $250 | Pot at $300 | Pot at $350 | Max. Rake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $1 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2.00 |
| 4-10 | $1 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | + $0.50 | $5.00 |
| Number of players | Rake per Pot | Max. Rake |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $0.05 for each $1 in the Pot | $1.00 |
| 4-5 | $0.05 for each $1 in the Pot | $2.00 |
| 6-10 | $0.05 for each $1 in the Pot | $3.00 |
