Category Archives: Out of Eden

Omaha Hi/Lo

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A favorite Poker game for many people is Omaha Hi/Lo. By nature, it is far more unpredictable and fun than Omaha Hi. The name Hi/Lo means that the highest and lowest ranked hands can split the pot at the end of a hand. If there is no qualifying low hand, the pot goes solely to [...]

Razz

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Razz is a seldom-known yet very popular, fun to play, variation of Seven Card Stud. The same five card hand principle still applies. However, the aim of Razz is to get the lowest hand, the lowest hand winning the pot. Basically, turn the “winning hand hierarchy” upside-down, but with one exception - straights and flushes [...]

Omaha Hi

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Omaha Hi (known as Omaha) is a variant of Poker which is played similarly to Texas Hold’em. Both games share much of the rules. However, the little differences in Omaha allows more frequency of stronger hands to develop through the latter stages of the community cards.

Texas Hold’em

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Texas Hold’em follows the same generic “winning hand hierarchy” that all Poker games do. At the end of a poker hand, the player with the highest ranked five card combination wins the pot.
In Texas Hold’em, every player at the table is dealt two cards face down. These two cards are referred to as [...]

Counting Cards

[Editor's Note: Even though this article is not poker related, it does provide a solid foundation in memorizing cards and suits that have been played and folded, especially for Razz and Seven Stud players.]
Two common misconceptions about counting cards is that it is difficult to learn, and that it helps you win more hands [...]