Play Omaha Hi Low at Carbon Poker

Omaha is the second most popular form of poker played online, and this includes both the traditional version and Omaha Hi/Lo, which is a split game. If you know how to play Texas Holdem, learning Omaha is not too difficult. The major difference is that in Omaha you are dealt four cards instead of the two cards dealt to you in Holdem, and at showdown you must use exactly two of the four cards in your hand and exactly three of the five cards on the board to make the best five card poker hand. In Omaha Hi/Lo, the game works the same; however, in some cases the pot is split, with half the pot being awarded to the high hand and half the pot being awarded to the low hand.

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Important to remember about Omaha Hi/Lo is that while there is always a high hand, there is not always a low hand. This is because the low hand must qualify as being eight or better. A qualifying hand is one where five cards all under eight are used. Keep in mind, as is the case with the high hand, exactly two cards from your four hole cards and exactly three cards from the five community cards are used. In this game you can use different combinations of cards to compete for both the high and the low pot. Winning both is what’s called a scoop, and optimal Omaha Hi/Lo strategy dictates playing mostly hands capable of winning both the high and low pot.

Poker players making the transition from Texas Holdem to Omaha Hi/Lo often have trouble understanding how low-hands rank. Simply put, the highest of your five low cards is used to determine the value of your low hand. So 34567 beats A2348 because a 7-6 low is better than an 8-4 low. In a case where the highest card is the same, the second kicker (and if necessary the third, fourth and then fifth) kickers are used to examine who has the best low hand. A2345 is the nuts, meaning it is the best possible low hand in Omaha Hi/Lo.

While Omaha Hi/Lo and regular Omaha are similar games in how they are played, the skill set required to win at each is much different. In our opinion, we recommend players first learn Omaha Hi/Lo, as online this game is more commonly played.

A good site for learning Omaha Hi/Lo is Carbon Poker. This is because Omaha Hi/Lo is a game in which rake plays a big factor (due to many pots being split) and the fact 30 percent Carbon Poker Rakeback is available, helps ease what rake takes away from the game.

To get started playing Omaha Hi/Lo online visit the Carbon Poker website.