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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently seen as one of the most complicated but popular poker games. It’s a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for play from every level of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant game, has grown in popularity so quickly.

Omaha 8 or better begins like a regular game of Omaha. 4 cards are given out to each player. A round of betting follows in which players can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are dealt out, this is known as the flop. A further sequence of wagering happens. After all the players have in turn called or folded, a further card is revealed on the turn. Another round of betting ensues at which point the river card is revealed. The gamblers must attempt to put together the best high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where some entrants often get confused. Unlike Hold’em, in which the board can make up everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player has to utilize precisely 3 cards from the board, and precisely two hole cards. No more, no less. Contrary to regular Omaha, there are two ways a pot might be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It is the strongest possible hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It’s the very same approach in almost every poker game.

The low hand is more difficult, but really free’s up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that could be made, with the lowest value being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Since straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the worst possible hand. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an eight and below. The lower hand wins half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there’s no low hand presented, the higher hand wins the whole pot.

It may seem complex initially, following a couple of rounds you will be agile enough to get the basic nuances of play easily enough. Since you have individuals betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as so many cards are being used at once, Omaha 8 or better offers an amazing range of betting possibilities and because you have many individuals trying for the high, and several shooting for the low. If you love a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to play Omaha 8 or better.