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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is commonly viewed as one of the most complicated but favored poker games. It’s a variation that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for action from all levels of players. This is the main reason why a once irrelevant game, has expanded in acceptance so quickly.

Omaha/8 starts just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to each player. A round of wagering follows where gamblers can bet, check, or fold. Three cards are given out, this is called the flop. Another sequence of wagering happens. After all the players have either called or dropped out, a further card is flipped on the turn. an additional round of betting follows at which point the river card is flipped. The players will need to put together the strongest high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where many players often get flustered. Unlike Hold’em, in which the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player must use precisely 3 cards from the board, and exactly 2 cards from their hand. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot could be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the best hand out of every player’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the very same concept in nearly every poker game.

The lower hand is more complex, but certainly opens up the action. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that might be made, with the lowest being A-2-3-4-5. Because straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest value hand possible. 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 is no low hand available, the higher hand takes the whole pot.

It may seem complex at the outset, after a few rounds you will be agile enough to get the base nuances of the game with ease. Since you have people wagering for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha hi low offers an overwhelming assortment of wagering choices and because you have several individuals shooting for the high, along with a few battling for the low hand. If you enjoy a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to play Omaha 8 or better.