Omaha Strategy

Read more about the
Las Vegas 2024 Super
Bowl Streaker!

Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha/8 or better) is frequently viewed as one of the most difficult but favored poker variations. It is a game that, even more than normal Omaha poker, invites action from every level of players. This is the main reason why a once irrelevant variation, has increased in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha/8 begins just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are dealt to every player. A sequence of wagering ensues where players can bet, check, or drop out. Three cards are given out, this is called the flop. One more sequence of wagering happens. After all the gamblers have either called or dropped out, a further card is flipped on the turn. a further sequence of wagering follows at which point the river card is revealed. The entrants must attempt to put together the strongest high and low 5 card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a few entrants get confused. Contrasted to Texas Hold ‘Em, where 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 two cards from their hand. No more, no less. Unlike normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot may be won: the "higher hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It’s the strongest hand out of every player’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It is the very same concept in just about every poker game.

A lower hand is more complicated, but really opens up the action. When figuring out a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the weakest hand that could be put together, with the lowest being made up of A-2-3-4-5. Because straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the smallest value hand possible. The low hand is any 5 card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and smaller. The lower hand takes half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no lower hand presented, the higher hand takes the complete pot.

It may seem complex at the outset, following a few hands you will be able to get the fundamental nuances of play simply enough. Since you have individuals betting for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as such a large number of cards are being used at the same time, Omaha 8 or better offers an overwhelming assortment of wagering choices and because you have numerous players trying for the high, and many battling for the low. If you enjoy a game with a lot of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha/8.