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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is commonly seen as one of the most complicated but favored poker variations. It’s a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites play from all levels of players. This is the chief reason why a once invisible game, has grown in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha/8 starts exactly like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are handed out to each player. A round of betting follows in which gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are given out, this is known as the flop. Another sequence of wagering ensues. Once all the gamblers have either called or folded, a further card is revealed on the turn. an additional sequence of wagering ensues at which point the river card is flipped. The gamblers will need to make the best high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is where a number of players often get confused. Unlike Texas Holdem, where the board can make up everyone’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player has to utilize precisely three cards from the board, and exactly 2 cards from their hand. No more, no less. Contrary to regular Omaha, there are two ways a pot may be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It’s the strongest hand out of everyone’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It is the very same notion in just about all poker games.

A low hand is more complex, but certainly free’s up the play. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that could be put together, with the lowest being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Since straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible hand. The lower 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’s no low hand presented, the high hand takes the complete pot.

It may seem complicated at the outset, after a couple of rounds you will be agile enough to get the base nuances of play easily enough. Seeing as you have players betting for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha/8 offers an exciting array of wagering possibilities and because you have many players battling for the high hand, and several trying for the low hand. If you enjoy a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it’s worth your time to compete in Omaha 8 or better.