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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 well-loved poker games. It is 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 irrelevant variation, has expanded in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha/8 begins just like a regular game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to every player. A sequence of wagering ensues in which players can wager, check, or drop out. Three cards are given out, this is called the flop. Another sequence of wagering happens. Once all the players have in turn called or dropped out, a further card is revealed on the turn. an additional sequence of betting follows and then the river card is flipped. The entrants will need to make the strongest high and low 5 card hands based on the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a few entrants can get confused. Contrasted to Texas Hold ‘Em, in which the board can make up every player’s hand, in Omaha hi low the player must utilize precisely 3 cards on the board, and exactly two cards from their hand. No more, not a single card less. Unlike regular Omaha, there are two ways a pot may be won: the "high hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is exactly how it sounds. It’s the best hand out of everyone’s, it doesn’t matter if it is a straight, flush, full house. It’s the very same approach in nearly all poker games.

The low hand is more complex, but really free’s up the action. When deciding on a low hand, straights and flushes do not count. the lowest hand is the weakest hand that can be put together, with the worst being A-2-3-4-5. Because straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the smallest value hand possible. The lower hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and lower. The low hand wins half of the pot, as does the high hand. When there is no low hand presented, the high hand wins the whole pot.

It may seem complex at the start, after a couple of hands you will be agile enough to get the fundamental nuances of the game easily enough. Since you have people wagering for the low and betting for the high, and since so many cards are in play, Omaha 8 or better offers an overwhelming collection of wagering possibilities and seeing that you have many individuals battling for the high, as well as many battling for the low hand. If you like a game with a plethora of outs and actions, it is not a waste of your time to play Omaha 8 or better.