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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently seen as one of the most complex but well-loved poker variations. It is a game that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for play from every level of players. This is the main reason why a once invisible variation, has increased in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha/8 begins just like a normal game of Omaha. 4 cards are given out to each player. A round of wagering follows where gamblers can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are given out, this is known as the flop. A further round of wagering happens. After all the gamblers have in turn called or folded, another card is revealed on the turn. a further round of betting happens and then the river card is flipped. The gamblers must attempt to put together the best high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a number of players often get baffled. Contrasted to Texas Hold ‘Em, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha Hi-Lo the player must use precisely three cards on the board, and precisely two cards from their hand. Not a single card more, not a single card less. Contrary to regular Omaha, there are two ways a pot can be won: the "higher hand" or the "low hand."

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

A lower hand is more complicated, 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. Seeing as straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest possible hand. The low hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an eight and below. The lower hand takes half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there is no low hand available, the high hand wins the whole pot.

It may seem complicated initially, following a few hands you will be agile enough to get the basic nuances of the game easily enough. Since you have individuals wagering for the low and betting for the high, and seeing as so many cards are being used at the same time, Omaha hi/lo provides an exciting array of wagering options and owing to the fact that you have many players battling for the high, as well as a few battling for the low. If you prefer a game with a lot of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to participate in Omaha/8.