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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 games. It’s a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for action from every level of players. This is the chief reason why a once irrelevant game, has grown in popularity so rapidly.

Omaha 8 or better starts like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are dealt to each player. A round of betting follows in which gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are dealt out, this is known as the flop. One more sequence of betting happens. After all the players have in turn called or folded, a further card is revealed on the turn. a further round of betting follows at which point the river card is revealed. The gamblers will need to put together the best high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is where some entrants often get flustered. Contrasted to Hold’em, where the board can make up everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player has to use precisely three cards on the board, and exactly two cards from their hand. No more, not a single card less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot may be won: the "higher hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It’s the strongest possible hand out of everyone’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house. It is the very same approach in nearly all poker games.

A lower hand is more complicated, but really free’s up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. the lowest hand is the worst hand that could be made, with the worst being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Because 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 lower hand wins half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there’s no low hand available, the higher hand takes the whole pot.

While it seems difficult at the outset, following a few hands you will be able to pick up on the fundamental subtleties of the game with ease. Since you have individuals betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at the same time, Omaha/8 offers an overwhelming array of wagering options and owing to the fact that you have many players shooting for the high, and a few trying for the low hand. If you prefer a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to play Omaha/8.