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Can I use four board cards and one hole card in Omaha?
Direct answer
No. Omaha always requires exactly TWO of the player’s hole cards and THREE of the five board cards for the winning five-card hand. Four board cards plus one private card is invalid.
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No. Omaha uses exactly two private cards and exactly three board cards to form each hand.
Tournament rules are a useful reference, but a home game or cash game can have different house rules. Make the chip amounts, action sequence and card visibility clear before deciding a disputed hand.
Reference: pokerstars.com · published rules or source ↗