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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently viewed as one of the most complicated but favored poker games. It is a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for play from all levels of players. This is the main reason why a once irrelevant game, has increased in popularity so rapidly.

Omaha hi/lo begins exactly like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to each player. A sequence of wagering ensues where players can wager, check, or drop out. 3 cards are given out, this is referred to as the flop. One more sequence of wagering happens. Once all the gamblers have in turn called or dropped out, an additional card is revealed on the turn. a further sequence of wagering happens and then the river card is revealed. The gamblers must attempt to make the best high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where many entrants often get confused. Unlike Hold’em, in which the board can make up everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi lo the player must use precisely three cards from the board, and exactly two cards from their hand. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot could be won: the "high hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It’s the strongest possible hand out of every player’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It’s the very same approach in nearly all poker games.

A lower hand is more complex, but certainly opens up the play. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the weakest hand that might be made, with the lowest being A-2-3-4-5. Considering that straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the worst possible hand. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and lower. The lower hand wins half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no lower hand available, the higher hand takes the entire pot.

It may seem difficult at first, following a few hands you will be agile enough to get the base subtleties of the game with ease. Seeing as you have individuals betting for the low and wagering for the high, and since such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha 8 or better provides an amazing array of wagering possibilities and seeing that you have many players trying for the high hand, as well as many battling for the low. If you enjoy a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it’s worth your time to play Omaha 8 or better.