Omaha Hi Lo: General Overview
Thursday, 4. February 2016
Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is often times viewed as one of the most complicated but popular poker games. It’s a game that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for play from every level of players. This is the chief reason why a once obscure game, has increased in popularity so amazingly.
Omaha 8 or better begins like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are dealt to each player. A round of betting ensues in which gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are handed out, this is called the flop. One more sequence of wagering ensues. Once all the gamblers have either called or folded, an additional card is revealed on the turn. a further round of wagering follows at which point the river card is flipped. The gamblers will have to put together the strongest high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.
This is the point where many entrants often get baffled. Unlike Texas Hold ‘Em, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player must utilize exactly three cards on the board, and precisely 2 hole cards. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Contrary to normal 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 is the strongest hand out of every player’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the same concept in almost every poker game.
The low hand is more difficult, but certainly opens up the play. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the worst hand that could 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 worst possible hand. The low hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an eight and lower. The lower hand wins half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no low hand available, the higher hand takes the complete pot.
It may seem complicated at the outset, following a couple of rounds you will be agile enough to get the base subtleties of the game easily enough. Seeing as you have players wagering for the low and wagering for the high, and since such a large number of cards are being used at the same time, Omaha Hi-Lo offers an overwhelming array of betting choices and seeing that you have several individuals shooting for the high, and several shooting for the low. If you enjoy a game with a considerable amount of outs and actions, it’s worth your time to participate in Omaha 8 or better.
Posted in Omaha by Brennen