As a beginning, Omaha player you may get confused at times as you try to ferret out the best five-card poker hand among the five community cards on the center of the table and the four private cards in your hand. But don't worry, if you can play Texas holdem, you can play Omaha too - it just takes some getting used to.

The poker games appear similar, and at first place the differences seem small:

Texas hold'em players are dealt two private cards and may use both, one, or even neither of them to form the best poker hand. But in Omaha each player is dealt four private cards and must use exactly two of them - you can't use more, nor can you use fewer than two