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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is commonly viewed as one of the most complicated but favored poker games. It is a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, aims for action from every level of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant variation, has grown in acceptance so quickly.

Omaha Hi-Lo starts like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to each player. A sequence of betting ensues in which gamblers can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are handed out, this is known as the flop. A further round of wagering ensues. Once all the players have either called or dropped out, another card is revealed on the turn. a further sequence of wagering follows at which point the river card is revealed. The gamblers will need to put together the strongest high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where some players get baffled. Unlike Hold’em, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha hi lo the player must utilize precisely 3 cards on the board, and precisely 2 cards from their hand. No more, not a single card less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are 2 ways a pot may be won: the "higher hand" or the "lower hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It is the best hand out of everyone’s, whether that is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the very same notion in just about all poker games.

A low hand is more difficult, but really opens up the play. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that might be made, 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 low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an eight and smaller. The low hand wins half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there is no low hand presented, the higher hand wins the complete pot.

While it seems complicated at first, after a couple of hands you will be agile enough to get the basic nuances of play easily enough. Seeing as you have individuals wagering for the low and wagering for the high, and since such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha Hi-Lo provides an exciting assortment of wagering options and seeing that you have many players trying for the high, as well as a few trying for the low. If you prefer a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha 8 or better.