Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most complicated but popular poker games. It is a variation that, even more than regular Omaha poker, invites play from all levels of players. This is the chief reason why a once invisible variation, has grown in popularity so rapidly.
Omaha/8 begins exactly like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to every player. A round of betting follows where players can bet, check, or fold. 3 cards are given out, this is referred to as the flop. Another sequence of betting happens. Once all the players have either called or dropped out, another card is revealed on the turn. an additional round of betting happens and then the river card is revealed. The entrants must attempt to make the best high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.
This is the point where many players get baffled. Contrasted to Hold’em, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha hi lo the player must use precisely three cards from the board, and exactly 2 hole cards. Not a single card more, no less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot could be won: the "high hand" or the "lower hand."
A high hand is just how it sounds. It is the strongest hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It is the same approach in nearly all poker games.
The lower hand is more complicated, but certainly opens up the action. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that can be put together, with the worst being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Seeing as straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest value hand possible. The lower hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an eight and lower. The low hand takes half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no lower hand presented, the high hand wins the entire pot.
Although it seems complex at the start, after a couple of rounds you will be agile enough to pick up on the base nuances of play simply enough. Since you have people betting for the low and wagering for the high, and since such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 provides an overwhelming array of wagering choices and because you have numerous players shooting for the high hand, as well as several battling for the low hand. If you love a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha/8.
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