Every variant is Omaha-style: you must use exactly 2 of your hole cards + 3 community cards to make a 5-card hand on each community board. (XMAS differs — see below.)

Redraws. On flop / turn / river you may receive extra hole cards drawn from a shared pool. Redraw caps are listed per variant.

Pot-limit betting. The maximum bet or raise is the current pot size plus the amount needed to call.

Multi-board scoring. Each hand's pot splits into point-based scoring categories. Each category is worth 1 point. Ties within a category split that point. The player with the most total points wins that side's share of the pot; ties split the pot evenly.

The classic variant. Uses blinds (SB + BB) and a preflop round of betting.

Setup: 2 community boards (A, B), 5 cards each. 6 cards in your hand to start.

Streets: Preflop → Flop → Turn → River. Redraw caps 3/6/9.

Scoring (3 categories, 1 pt each):

• Board A: Best Omaha-style hand (2 hole + 3 board).
• Board B: Same, on the second board.
• Hand: Best 5-card hand out of your hole cards alone.

Same structure as ESG, but the private hand is a LOW hand.

Low hand rules: 5 cards, all different ranks, no flush, no straight. Ace always counts HIGH (14, bad for low). The lowest high-card wins; nut low is 7-5-4-3-2. Pairs, straights, and flushes are disqualified (no low).

Scoring: Board A (high) + Board B (high) + Hand (low). 3 points total.

No blinds — everyone antes. No preflop betting; action starts on the bomb street (3 cards on A, 3 on B, 1 Christmas card) all revealed at once.

Setup: 2 regular boards (A, B) + 1 single Christmas card. 6 cards in your hand to start.

Streets: Bomb → Turn → River. Redraw caps 0/5/10 (no redraw on the bomb street).

Scoring (3 categories, 1 pt each):

• Board A: Omaha-style.
• Board B: Omaha-style.
• Tree: Use exactly 4 of your hole cards + the 1 Christmas card to make a 5-card hand.

The biggest variant — 5 ways to score. Uses blinds + preflop like ESG.

Setup: 3 community boards (A, B, C), 5 cards each. 5 cards in your hand to start (fewer than ESG to keep the deck math working at full table).

Streets: Preflop → Flop → Turn → River. Redraw caps 3/6/9. Max 7 players.

Scoring (5 categories, 1 pt each):

• Board A, B, C: Best Omaha-style hand on each.
• Priv Hi: Best 5-card HIGH hand from your hole cards.
• Priv Lo: Best 5-card LOW hand from your hole cards (ESG Low rules).

Why "Balance": every hand is worth winning some piece of. Big hands chase boards, tight hands chase low.

Stripped-down, high-action variant. No private hand, no redraws — just 2 boards and a bunch of antes.

Setup: 2 community boards (A, B), 5 cards each. Host picks hand size: 4, 5, or 6 cards per player at room creation.

No blinds — everyone antes. No preflop betting. Both flops (3 cards on A, 3 cards on B) are revealed at once on the bomb street.

Streets: Bomb → Turn → River. No redraws — what you're dealt is what you play.

Scoring (2 categories, 1 pt each):

• Board A: Best Omaha-style hand (2 hole + 3 board).
• Board B: Same, on the second board.

No private hand — your hole cards are only used in combination with the boards.

Strategy-heavy variant. Same dealing structure as Bomb — but at the river, every player splits their 6 cards into 2/2/2 for three pots.

Setup: 2 community boards (A, B), 5 cards each. Each player gets 6 hole cards. Antes only — no blinds, no preflop.

Streets: Bomb → Turn → River → Allocation. No redraws.

The allocation phase happens after the river closes. Each player picks:

• 2 cards for Board A — used Hold'em-style (best 5 of your 2 + the 5 community).
• 2 cards for Board B — same.
• 2 cards as a Hand — pair beats high card; AA is the nuts, 23 is the worst.

Drag/drop or tap-to-cycle to allocate. Once committed, all players reveal at once.

Scoring (3 categories, 1 pt each):

• Board A: Best Hold'em hand from your 2 chosen + the 5 community.
• Board B: Same, on the second board.
• 2-Card Hand: Pair > High+Kicker (suits ignored). AA > KK > … > AK > AQ > …

Key idea: a strong pair can win the Hand OR be split across the boards. Routing your nut hand to the right place is the whole game.

Allocator with redraws and a 3-card private hand. Same shape as Allocator but with redraws on turn/river and a chunkier private slot.

Setup: 2 community boards (A, B), 5 cards each. Each player starts with 6 hole cards. Antes only — no blinds, no preflop.

Streets: Bomb → Turn (+3 redraws) → River (+3 redraws) → Allocation.

Allocation at the river: pick 2 for Board A, 2 for Board B, 3 for your Hand (7 total). After redraws you'll have more than 7 cards in hand — the rest are discarded when you commit.

3-card Hand ranking (high → low):

• Royal — A-K-Q same suit (top of the deck)
• Trips — three of a kind (deliberately above straight flush)
• Straight Flush — three consecutive same suit
• Straight — three consecutive mixed suits (A-2-3 wheel allowed)
• Flush — three same suit, non-consecutive
• Pair — two of a kind + kicker
• High card

Scoring (3 categories, 1 pt each): Board A · Board B · 3-card Hand.

Key idea: redraws give you more raw material than Allocator, but you only get to USE 7 of however many you finish with. Discard wisely.

4 boards, one tilted card per board, all forming a diagonal.

Setup: 4 community boards. Boards A, B, C have 5 cards each; Board D has 1. One card on each board is "tilted" (gold-rimmed, rotated 90°): A5 on Board A, B4 on Board B, C3 on Board C, D1 on Board D. Together those 4 tilted cards make the diagonal "Tilt" board. Each player starts with 5 hole cards. Blinds + preflop (like ESG). Max 6 players.

Streets: Preflop (blinds in) → Flop (reveals A1-A3, B1-B3, C1-C3, plus D — so C3 reveals as the first tilted card) → Turn (reveals A4, B4, C4 — B4 is the next tilted card) → River (reveals A5, B5, C5 — A5 is the final tilted card). Redraws: 3 per street (3/6/9 cumulative).

Scoring (5 categories, 1 pt each):

• Boards A, B, C — Omaha (2 hole + 3 board), but the tilted card MUST be one of the 3 board cards selected. Picks freeze around the gold card.
• Tilt — best 5-card hand using 2 hole + any 3 of the 4 tilted cards (the diagonal A5/B4/C3/D1).
• Hand — best 5-card high from your hole cards alone.

Key idea: the tilted cards reveal in sequence (C3 at flop, B4 at turn, A5 at river). Each new tilted card opens up its board's eval AND adds another piece to the diagonal. The Tilt board needs ≥3 tilted cards visible to evaluate (turn at the earliest if all 4 boards have already shown their tilted cards by then).

Standard Pot-Limit Omaha — one board, winner takes the whole pot.

Setup: Single 5-card community board. Blinds + preflop (like Hold'em). Host picks 4, 5, or 6 hole cards at setup. No redraws, single pot — no per-category scoring.

Scoring: Best 5-card hand using exactly 2 of your hole cards + exactly 3 board cards (Omaha rule). Highest hand wins.

The player on the button picks the variant each hand.

Setup: The dealer (button) chooses which game everyone plays that hand — plus any per-variant options (e.g. cards per player). The pick is shown to all players (and spectators) before the hand starts. The button rotates each hand, so the choice rotates with it.

Scoring: follows the rules of whichever variant the button picked for that hand (any of the variants above).

Key idea: read the table — the button can steer each hand toward their strengths.

• Check your hand strength pills during play — they show your current best on each board. A gold "NUTS" badge means no one can beat you on that board.
• Watch the pool size in the center. Low pool = fewer redraws available. When the pool runs out, redraws stop.
• The dealer button moves one seat clockwise per hand. Button order: BTN → SB → BB → UTG → ... → BTN.
• Pot-limit means you can always bet the pot — use the POT button as a shortcut.