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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most complex but favored poker games. It’s a game that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for play from all levels of players. This is the chief reason why a once obscure game, has expanded in acceptance so quickly.

Omaha hi low begins just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to each player. A sequence of betting follows where gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. 3 cards are given out, this is called the flop. Another round of betting happens. After all the gamblers have either called or folded, an additional card is revealed on the turn. a further sequence of wagering happens and then the river card is flipped. The entrants will have 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 baffled. Contrasted to Texas Hold ‘Em, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi lo the player has to utilize exactly 3 cards on the board, and precisely two hole cards. Not a single card more, no less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot could be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It’s the best possible hand out of every player’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the same approach in nearly all poker games.

A lower hand is more difficult, but really opens up the play. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the worst hand that can 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 lowest value hand possible. The lower hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and lower. The low hand wins half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no low hand available, the high hand wins the complete pot.

It may seem complicated at the start, after a few rounds you will be agile enough to get the basic nuances of play simply enough. Seeing as you have people betting for the low and wagering for the high, and since so many cards are in play, Omaha hi-low offers an amazing range of betting possibilities and owing to the fact that you have many players trying for the high hand, as well as many trying for the low. If you love a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha/8.