"Omaha High Low: Boost Your Confidence"Omaha high low is a split pot community card game. 2-8 people play at one table and attempt to make the best high hand, low hand or both! Each player has four hole cards. The catch is you can only use two of your four to make the best five card hand. For a hand to qualify as “low” there must be three community cards with a value of eight or lower and two in your hand, that don’t pair the low cards on the board. This board: Qc-2h-3s-Ks-8c combined with this hand: Ac-5s-Kc-Jc makes a high hand of Ks-Kc-Ac-Qc-Jc and a low hand of 8c-5s-3s-2h-Ac. If one of your low cards pairs one on the board, your hand is counterfeit, and you have no low hand. Pots are evenly divided between the best high hand and best low hand. If there are multiple highs or lows the pot is first divided in half, then divided again depending on how many of the same hands are out. Example: let’s say the pot is 100 and there is one high hand and two low hands. The pot is divided in half. 50 goes to the high hand. The remaining 50 is divided in half AGAIN, with one low hand getting 25 and the other low hand 25. Pots can get divided amongst as many as eight players! That’s a seldom event though. How to play Omaha high low Once cards are shuffled, the button is dealt for, and the small and big blinds are posted, cards are ready to be dealt. The deal starts at the small blind and goes clockwise around the table. Each player gets one card at a time, until all players have four cards. Pre-flop betting round starts with the first player clockwise from the big blind. Players in turn can... · Raise the big blind/bet in front of them · Fold their cards · Call the bet in front of them Once betting is finished, the flop is dealt. Now the flop betting round and the following betting rounds start with the first player clockwise from the button. Players in turn can... · Bet · Raise/call the bet in front of them · Fold if there is a bet When betting is complete, the turn card is dealt. This is followed by a turn betting round. When betting is done, the river card is dealt. One last round of betting on the river. Once betting is finished remaining players turn their cards face up and a winner is determined. If there is a high and low hand, they evenly split the pot. The button is moved clockwise ONE PLAYER, and a new hand begins. Recap of Omaha high low play · Each player is dealt FOUR cards · Pre-flop betting round · Flop is dealt, flop betting round · Turn is dealt, turn betting round · River is dealt, river betting round · Showdown best hand wins, button is moved and new hand begins! Where to play Omaha high low Omaha high low is a common brick and mortar poker game. Cash games and tournaments are commonly found in poker rooms. Limits range from $3-$6 USD to $20-$40 and higher. If you’re close to a brick and mortar poker room, it’s a great place to play. If not online poker rooms are great too. Limits online range from $0.01-$0.02 USD to $2000-$4000 USD. There are only two recommendable online poker rooms to play Omaha high low at. Full tilt poker and poker stars. (check back for links!) If those two options are unavailable to you start your own home poker game. All you need are a few poker supplies and players! Good luck! |
