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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently viewed as one of the most difficult but favored poker games. It’s a variation that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites play from every level of players. This is the main reason why a once irrelevant game, has grown in popularity so amazingly.

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

This is the point where many players get confused. Contrasted to Texas Holdem, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi/low the player must utilize precisely 3 cards from the board, and precisely two hole cards. Not a single card more, no less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot may be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It’s the best possible hand out of everyone’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house. It is the identical concept in almost all poker games.

The lower hand is more complex, but certainly opens up the play. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. A low hand is the weakest hand that could be made, with the lowest value 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 takes half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there’s no low hand presented, the higher hand wins the complete pot.

It may seem difficult at the start, following a few rounds you will be agile enough to pick up on the base subtleties of play simply enough. Since you have individuals betting for the low and betting for the high, and since such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha 8 or better provides an exciting collection of wagering choices and because you have several players trying for the high hand, and several battling for the low. If you love a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha hi low.