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Owing to its frequently large pots, Omaha Hi/Lo (also called ‘Omaha High Low’, ‘Omaha H/L’, ‘Omaha/8’ or ‘Omaha 8-or-better’) has 5️⃣ become a hugely popular game around the world. Each player in an Omaha Hi/Lo game is dealt four private cards 5️⃣ (‘hole cards’) that belong only to that player. Five community cards are dealt face-up on the ‘board’. All players use 5️⃣ exactly two cards from their four hole cards in conjunction with exactly three cards from the board to make the 5️⃣ best five-card poker hand possible. The pot is divided between the best hand for high and the best hand for 5️⃣ low - hence the name, Omaha Hi/Lo. You may use different combinations of two cards from your hand to make 5️⃣ your high hand and your low hand, but in each hand you must use precisely two from your hand and 5️⃣ three from the board - no more, no less. Visit the poker hands page to view the rankings of hands 5️⃣ in Omaha Hi/Lo.
Omaha Hi/Lo is played with an ‘8-or-better’ qualifier, which means that a low hand must consist of five 5️⃣ different cards - ranked eight or below - to be eligible to win the low portion of the pot. Low 5️⃣ hands in Omaha Hi/Lo are determined in exactly the same way they're determined in 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. If there 5️⃣ is no qualifying low hand, the high hand wins the entire pot. Omaha Hi/Lo uses the ‘Ace to Five’ or 5️⃣ ‘California’ system for ranking low hands. Straights and flushes do not count against a hand, and Aces are always low 5️⃣ in reading the low hand, so the best possible hand is a "wheel": 5, 4, 3, 2, A. To help 5️⃣ understand the ranks of low hands, the following sample qualifying low hands (not a complete list) are ranked from least 5️⃣ powerful (#1, will rarely win the low half of the pot) to most powerful (#10, the nuts):
8, 7, 6, 5, 5️⃣ 4 8, 7, 6, 5, 3 8, 6, 4, 2, A 8, 4, 3, 2, A 7, 6, 5, 4, 5️⃣ 2 7, 6, 5, 2, A 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 6, 4, 3, 2, 5️⃣ A 5, 4, 3, 2, A
Note that a low hand is always ranked from its highest card downwards. So for 5️⃣ example, hand #9 is known as a ‘Six-low’ because its highest card is a Six. Hand #5 is a ‘Seven-low’, 5️⃣ and Hand #1 is an ‘Eight-low’. In poker slang, you distinguish between close low hands by going further down the 5️⃣ ranks, so hand #9 would be called a ‘Six-Four low’, which beats hand #8, a ‘Six-Five low’. Also remember that 5️⃣ straights and flushes do not count against your low hand, so making a qualifying low that is also a straight 5️⃣ or a flush is a very powerful hand, that could win both the high and low halves of the pot. 5️⃣ That’s called a ‘scoop’.
Types of Omaha Hi/Lo Games