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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is commonly viewed as one of the most complex but well-loved poker variations. It’s a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for play from all levels of players. This is the chief reason why a once irrelevant variation, has expanded in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha/8 starts like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to every player. A sequence of wagering ensues where gamblers can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are handed out, this is called the flop. One more round of wagering happens. Once all the players have either called or folded, another card is flipped on the turn. an additional sequence of betting follows at which point the river card is revealed. The entrants will need to put together the best high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where some entrants can get baffled. Unlike Texas Holdem, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player has to utilize precisely three cards on the board, and precisely 2 cards from their hand. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot might be won: the "high hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is exactly 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 is the very same concept in almost all poker games.

The lower hand is more difficult, but really opens up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that can be put together, with the worst being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Because straights and flushes don’t 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 lower. The lower hand takes half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there is no lower hand available, the higher hand takes the entire pot.

Although it seems difficult at first, following a few rounds you will be agile enough to pick up on the fundamental subtleties of the game with ease. Since you have people betting for the low and wagering for the high, and since such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha/8 offers an overwhelming range of betting possibilities and owing to the fact that you have numerous individuals battling for the high hand, and a few battling for the low hand. If you love a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it is worth your time to play Omaha/8.

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