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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is frequently seen as one of the most complex but popular poker variations. It’s a variation that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites action from all levels of players. This is the main reason why a once obscure variation, has increased in acceptance so amazingly.

Omaha hi/lo begins like a regular game of Omaha. 4 cards are handed out to every player. A round of betting ensues in which gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are dealt out, this is known as the flop. Another round of betting happens. After all the gamblers have in turn called or dropped out, another card is flipped on the turn. a further round of betting happens at which point the river card is flipped. The players will need to make the strongest high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a number of players can get baffled. Unlike Hold’em, where the board can make up everyone’s hand, in Omaha hi/lo the player has to utilize precisely 3 cards from the board, and exactly 2 cards from their hand. Not a single card more, no less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot can be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It’s the best hand out of everyone’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the very same concept in almost every poker game.

The lower hand is more complex, but certainly opens up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the worst hand that can be put together, with the lowest value being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Since 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 8 and smaller. The lower hand takes half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there’s no lower hand available, the higher hand wins the entire pot.

While it seems complicated at the start, following a couple of hands you will be able to get the fundamental subtleties of the game with ease. Since you have players betting for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as so many cards are being used at the same time, Omaha hi/low provides an overwhelming assortment of wagering choices and seeing that you have numerous individuals trying for the high hand, and a few battling for the low. If you enjoy a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to participate in Omaha/8.