Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is commonly seen as one of the most difficult but favored poker variations. It’s a variation that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for play from every level of players. This is the primary reason why a once obscure variation, has expanded in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha hi/lo starts just like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to every player. A sequence of wagering ensues in which players can bet, check, or fold. Three cards are dealt out, this is referred to as the flop. A further sequence of betting ensues. After all the gamblers have either called or dropped out, a further card is revealed on the turn. a further sequence of wagering happens and then the river card is revealed. The entrants must attempt to put together the best high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where some entrants often get baffled. Contrasted to Texas Holdem, in which the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player has to utilize precisely three cards from the board, and exactly 2 hole cards. Not a single card more, no less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are two ways a pot could be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

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

The lower hand is more complicated, but really free’s up the play. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that can be put together, with the worst 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 5 card hand (unpaired) with an eight and below. The low hand wins 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 initially, following a few rounds you will be agile enough to get the basic nuances of the game with ease. Seeing as you have individuals betting for the low and betting for the high, and since so many cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 offers an amazing range of betting possibilities and owing to the fact that you have several players trying for the high, and a few battling for the low hand. If you love a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to participate in Omaha/8.