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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most complex but favored poker games. It’s a game that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for play from all levels of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant game, has expanded in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha hi/lo begins like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are dealt to each player. A round of wagering follows in which players can wager, check, or drop out. 3 cards are dealt out, this is called the flop. Another sequence of betting happens. Once all the players have in turn called or folded, another card is flipped on the turn. an additional round of betting happens at which point the river card is revealed. The entrants will have to put together the best high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where some entrants get baffled. Unlike Holdem, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi/low the player has to use precisely three cards on the board, and exactly 2 hole cards. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot can be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It is the best possible hand out of everyone’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It’s the very same approach in nearly every poker game.

The lower hand is more complicated, but certainly free’s up the action. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that could be put together, with the lowest being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Considering that straights and flushes do not count, A-2-3-4-5 is the smallest value hand possible. The lower hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an eight and below. The lower hand wins half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there is no lower hand presented, the higher hand wins the whole pot.

It may seem difficult at the outset, after a few hands you will be agile enough to get the fundamental subtleties of the game easily enough. Since you have individuals wagering for the low and betting for the high, and since such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 offers an overwhelming array of wagering choices and because you have numerous players shooting for the high, along with several shooting for the low. If you like a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it’s worth your time to participate in Omaha 8 or better.