Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most complex but well-loved poker variations. It’s a variation that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for play from every level of players. This is the main reason why a once invisible variation, has grown in acceptance so amazingly.
Omaha 8 or better begins exactly like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are dealt to every player. A sequence of wagering ensues in which gamblers can bet, check, or drop out. Three cards are handed out, this is known as the flop. A further round of wagering ensues. Once all the players have in turn called or dropped out, a further card is flipped on the turn. a further round of wagering happens at which point the river card is revealed. The gamblers will need to put together the best high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.
This is where some players can get confused. Unlike Hold’em, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player must utilize precisely 3 cards from the board, and precisely 2 hole cards. No more, no less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot might be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."
A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It’s the best possible hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house. It is the identical notion in nearly all poker games.
The low hand is more difficult, but really opens up the action. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that could be put together, with the lowest value being A-2-3-4-5. Considering that straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible hand. The lower hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an eight and smaller. The low hand takes half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there is no lower hand presented, the high hand takes the whole pot.
While it seems complex at the start, after a couple of hands you will be agile enough to pick up on the basic subtleties of play with ease. Since you have people betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at once, Omaha/8 provides an amazing array of betting possibilities and owing to the fact that you have many players battling for the high hand, and several battling for the low. If you like a game with a lot of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to participate in Omaha/8.