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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently viewed as one of the most difficult but popular poker games. It is a variation that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites action from all levels of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant variation, has expanded in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha Hi-Lo starts exactly like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are handed out to each player. A sequence of wagering follows in which gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are given out, this is referred to as the flop. Another round of wagering happens. After all the players have either called or folded, another card is revealed on the turn. Another round of betting ensues and then the river card is revealed. The gamblers will have to make the strongest high and low five card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is where some entrants get confused. Unlike Texas Hold ‘Em, in which the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi/low the player has to use exactly 3 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 what it sounds like. It is the best hand out of every player’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house. It is the same concept in nearly all poker games.

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

It may seem difficult initially, following a few rounds you will be agile enough to get the fundamental subtleties of play easily enough. Since you have individuals betting for the low and betting for the high, and since such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha/8 offers an amazing assortment of betting possibilities and owing to the fact that you have numerous players shooting for the high, along with several trying for the low hand. If you prefer a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha hi lo.