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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 game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for action from all levels of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant game, has increased in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha/8 begins like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are given out to each player. A sequence of wagering follows in which gamblers can bet, check, or fold. 3 cards are dealt out, this is called the flop. Another round of betting happens. After all the gamblers have in turn called or folded, another card is flipped on the turn. a further round of betting follows at which point the river card is revealed. The entrants will need to make the strongest high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where many entrants can get confused. Contrasted to Hold’em, in which the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player has to use precisely three cards on the board, and precisely 2 cards from their hand. Not a single card more, no less. Contrary to regular Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot could be won: the "high hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is exactly what it sounds like. It’s the strongest hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house. It is the identical concept in just about all poker games.

The lower hand is more complicated, but really opens up the play. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the worst hand that might be put together, with the worst being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Considering that straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest value hand possible. The lower hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and lower. The low hand wins half of the pot, as just like the high hand. When there is no low hand available, the higher hand takes the entire pot.

It may seem complicated at the outset, following a few rounds you will be agile enough to pick up on the basic subtleties of the game with ease. Since you have people betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as so many cards are in play, Omaha hi/low offers an overwhelming range of betting choices and seeing that you have numerous players trying for the high hand, along with many shooting for the low hand. If you love a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it is worth your time to compete in Omaha 8 or better.