Online Poker - worlds best multiplayer poker rooms, poker tournaments and Poker Game School

Back

Playing Omaha Hi-Lo at an Online Casino

Poker may just be the most popular game play at the online casino. Recently, poker has garnered popularity on television with the world series of poker, celebrity poker and other poker based programs. There are tons of poker tournaments and poker related competitions and poker has always been a popular game in private circles. Because poker is so immensely popular many variations of the game have developed. Most high quality online casinos will feature a number of different poker variations. One popular version of poker that is played at online casinos, land based casinos and at private games is Omaha Hi-Lo. Here´s a breakdown of some of the different version of Omaha poker that exist for anyone that is new to Omaha Hi-Lo poker. Look for it at your favorite online casino.

Omaha poker is played in two different variations: Omaha High only and Omaha High-Low Eight or Better. In the latter version of Omaha poker, the high hand and low hand split the pot. Both versions can be played with any betting structure: Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit. These versions of Omaha poker can usually be found at a good online casino. Also, some other variations of Omaha poker you can find at the online casinos are: Hi-Lo, Omaha 8, or simply Eight or Better. Even though there are some slight name variations, they are all essentially the same game. Hi-Lo In general, Omaha Hi-Lo is a slightly more popular variation that Omaha high. Low Limit Hi-Lo is also a popular variation because the player has the option for a split pot.

When you play Omaha Hi-Lo poker at the casinos it´s good to understand the basic rules. In order to have a hand qualify as low there must be no cards higher than 8 in your five card hand. A flush or straight is ignored when making a low hand. Therefore the lowest hand is A 2 3 4 5. Since in Omaha you must use two cards from your hand, there must be three cards on the board that are eight or lower. If there is no qualifying low hand the winner with the highest hand will win the whole pot.
The main goal when playing Omaha Hi-Lo at an online casino is to try to scoop the pot. Using the four cards in your hand, you can put together any combo of two for the high hand and two for the low hand. You may use two cards for high and two different cards for low. The best scenario in Omaha is to have a hand that will win both the high hand and the low hand. If you have the highest hand and have no low hand possible this may also win the game. Look for Omaha Hi-Lo poker at your favorite online casino.

06 Jan 2025

Online Poker - multiplayer poker portal - guides, reviews, tournaments and poker player community.

Selection of some of the best and most popular Poker Rooms, essential resources and guides. Poker Tournaments News and Poker Game School.