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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most difficult but popular poker variations. It is a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for play from all levels of players. This is the main reason why a once invisible variation, has increased in acceptance so quickly.

Omaha hi/lo begins just like a regular game of Omaha. 4 cards are handed out to each player. A sequence of wagering ensues in which players can wager, check, or drop out. 3 cards are given out, this is known as the flop. Another sequence of betting ensues. After all the players have either called or folded, another card is revealed on the turn. an additional round of wagering happens and then the river card is flipped. The entrants will need to make the strongest high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a few entrants often get baffled. Contrasted to Hold’em, where the board can be everyone’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player must use precisely 3 cards from the board, and precisely two hole cards. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot might be won: the "high hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It’s the best hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the identical concept in almost every poker game.

The lower hand is more difficult, but certainly opens up the action. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. A low hand is the worst hand that might be put together, with the worst being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Seeing as straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the worst possible hand. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an eight and lower. The low hand takes half of the pot, as does the higher hand. When there is no low hand available, the higher hand takes the complete pot.

While it seems complicated at the outset, following a couple of hands you will be able to pick up on the fundamental nuances of the game with ease. Since you have players wagering for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha/8 offers an amazing collection of betting options and seeing that you have numerous players shooting for the high hand, along with many battling for the low hand. If you like a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to play Omaha hi low.