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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is often times seen as one of the most complex but favored poker games. It is a variation that, even more than regular Omaha poker, invites play from every level of players. This is the primary reason why a once invisible game, has grown in acceptance so rapidly.

Omaha 8 or better begins like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are handed out to every player. A sequence of wagering follows in which gamblers can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are dealt out, this is referred to as the flop. One more sequence of betting happens. After all the gamblers have either called or folded, a further card is revealed on the turn. an additional sequence of betting follows and then the river card is flipped. The players will need to make the best high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where some players often get baffled. Unlike Hold’em, where the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha hi-low the player must use exactly three cards from the board, and exactly 2 cards from their hand. No more, no less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot might be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It is the best hand out of every player’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It’s the identical concept in almost all poker games.

A lower hand is more complicated, but certainly opens up the action. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the worst hand that could be put together, with the lowest value being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Since straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the smallest value hand possible. The low hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and smaller. The low hand takes half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there is no low hand presented, the higher hand takes the whole pot.

It may seem complicated at the outset, after a couple of hands you will be agile enough to pick up on the fundamental subtleties of play easily enough. Since you have players betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 offers an amazing assortment of wagering choices and seeing that you have numerous individuals trying for the high hand, and several shooting for the low hand. If you love a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha hi-low.