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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is often times seen as one of the most difficult but popular poker variations. It is a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites play from all levels of players. This is the chief reason why a once obscure game, has expanded in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha 8 or better starts just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to each player. A sequence of wagering ensues in which players can bet, check, or fold. Three cards are given out, this is referred to as the flop. Another sequence of wagering ensues. Once all the gamblers have in turn called or folded, another card is flipped on the turn. a further sequence of betting ensues and then the river card is revealed. The gamblers will have to make the best high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where a few entrants get baffled. Unlike Hold’em, where the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player must use precisely 3 cards from the board, and exactly two cards from their hand. Not a single card more, no less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot may be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It’s the strongest hand out of everyone’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house. It is the very same notion in just about all poker games.

A lower hand is more complex, but certainly free’s up the play. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. the lowest hand is the worst hand that can be made, with the lowest being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Seeing as straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible hand. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and smaller. The low hand wins half of the pot, as just like the high hand. When there’s no lower hand presented, the higher hand wins the whole pot.

It may seem complicated at the start, following a few rounds you will be able to get the basic subtleties of the game with ease. Seeing as you have players betting for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as so many cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 offers an overwhelming assortment of wagering possibilities and owing to the fact that you have several individuals battling for the high, along with a few trying for the low. If you like a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha/8.