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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is frequently seen as one of the most complex but popular poker games. It’s a variation that, even more than regular Omaha poker, invites play from every level of players. This is the chief reason why a once irrelevant variation, has increased in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha/8 starts exactly like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to each player. A round of wagering ensues where players can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are given out, this is known as the flop. A further round of betting ensues. After all the gamblers have in turn called or folded, another card is revealed on the turn. an additional sequence of wagering happens and then the river card is flipped. The entrants will need to make the best high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where a few players get confused. Contrasted to Hold’em, where the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi low the player must use exactly 3 cards from the board, and exactly two hole cards. No more, not a single card less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot can be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It is the best possible hand out of every player’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the identical notion in nearly all poker games.

The lower hand is more complicated, but really opens up the play. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the weakest hand that can be put together, with the lowest being A-2-3-4-5. Considering that straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the smallest value hand possible. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and smaller. The low hand wins half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there’s no low hand presented, the higher hand takes the complete pot.

It may seem complicated at first, following a couple of hands you will be agile enough to pick up on the fundamental subtleties of the game easily enough. Since you have players betting for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at the same time, Omaha/8 offers an overwhelming array of betting possibilities and because you have numerous players shooting for the high hand, as well as many battling for the low hand. If you prefer a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s worth your time to play Omaha/8.