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

Omaha 8 or better begins just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are given out to each player. A round of betting follows in which gamblers can bet, check, or fold. Three cards are dealt out, this is known as the flop. Another sequence of wagering ensues. Once all the players have in turn called or dropped out, a further card is revealed on the turn. an additional round of wagering happens and then the river card is revealed. The entrants will need to make the best high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is where a number of players get baffled. Contrasted to Hold’em, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi-low the player has to use exactly 3 cards on the board, and exactly 2 hole cards. 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 "low hand."

A high hand is just what it sounds like. It is the strongest possible hand out of every player’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the same approach in almost all poker games.

A lower hand is more difficult, but certainly opens up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. A low hand is the worst hand that can be made, with the lowest value being A-2-3-4-5. Because straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest value hand possible. The lower hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an eight and lower. The lower hand wins half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there’s no low hand available, the higher hand takes the whole pot.

It may seem complex at first, following a couple of rounds you will be agile enough to get the fundamental subtleties of play with ease. Seeing as you have players wagering for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are in play, Omaha hi/lo provides an amazing assortment of wagering possibilities and owing to the fact that you have several players trying for the high hand, and several trying for the low. If you like a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to participate in Omaha/8.