How to play
Expanding your poker repertoire is always a good thing (like knowing how to
change a wheel, knowing the various forms of poker always come in handy at some
stage). And, if you’re in the dark about how to play Omaha Hi/Lo, then
you’re in the right place. Read on to become an Omaha Hi/Lo superstar.
Omaha High/Low is an interesting variation of Omaha poker that allows for two
winning hands to share the pot; the best high hand, and the best low hand. If
you’re not sure how to play Omaha, we recommend that you quickly read our
tutorial here before coming back to this.
For a hand to qualify for the low hand, it must consist of five unpaired cards
with the highest being no greater than an 8. The winning low hand is determined
by the player with the lowest high-card if you see what we mean, and in the
event of a tie the next lowest high-card is used and so on. In the event of
a tie where the two hands cannot be separated, each player receives a quarter
of the pot.
Some more rules of Omaha High/Low
- If there is no qualifying low hand then the best high hand wins the entire
pot.
- One player can win the entire pot by having the best high hand and the
best low hand (for example, A-2-3-4-5 or 2h-3h-5h-6h-8h).
- Aces count as both high and low.
- Players may use different cards to form their high hand and their low hand,
or they can use the same cards.
- Again, as in Omaha, each player must use precisely two hole cards and three
board cards to make their best five card hand.
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