Game Formats Observatory
Compare Hold’em, Omaha, draw, stud, and betting structures. Always confirm a room's rules before applying variant-specific details.
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Eight-Max
A table format with up to eight players. Some online tournaments use eight-handed tables before later stages.
Read the definition ↗INTERMEDIATEFive-Card Draw
A poker variant where players receive private cards and may replace selected cards in a draw round. Unlike Hold'em, there is no shared flop, turn, or river.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERFixed-Limit
A betting structure with prescribed bet and raise increments by street. A cap on the number of raises may also apply under house rules.
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Eight-Max
A table format with up to eight players.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateFive-Card Draw
A poker variant where players receive private cards and may replace selected cards in a draw round.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatorybeginnerFixed-Limit
A betting structure with prescribed bet and raise increments by street.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateHeads-Up Sit & Go
A sit-and-go tournament between two players.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateLow Hand
A poker hand evaluated under a low-ranking system, where lower cards can be better.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatorybeginnerNo-Limit Hold'em
Hold'em where a player may wager any amount up to their remaining stack when action permits.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatorybeginnerOmaha
A community-card poker family where players commonly receive four hole cards and must use exactly two with exactly three board cards.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateOmaha Hi-Lo
An Omaha split-pot format awarding high and qualifying low halves under its rules.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatorybeginnerPot-Limit
A betting structure that caps a bet or raise by the pot-size calculation.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediatePot-Limit Omaha
Omaha played with bets and raises limited by the size of the pot under pot-limit rules.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateRazz
A lowball stud variant where the lowest qualifying five-card hand wins.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateScoop
To win both the high and low portions of a split pot.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateSeven-Card Stud
A poker variant where players receive a mix of face-up and private cards across betting rounds.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateShort Deck
A Hold'em variant usually played with a reduced deck lacking low ranks.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateSix-Max
A table format with up to six players.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatoryintermediateSpin & Go
A short-handed sit-and-go format with a prize pool multiplier determined before play under room rules.
Open definition ↗Game Formats ObservatorybeginnerTexas Hold'em
A poker variant where each player gets two private cards and may use any combination with five community cards to make a best five-card hand.
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