Omaha Eight Poker
Omaha Hold ‘Em, 8-or-Better High-Low Split Poker, is also known as Omaha/8. In Omaha/8, each poker player is dealt four cards face down, followed by a round of betting. Three casinocards are then placed face up on the table as common cards with another round of betting. Then another common card is placed face up, another round of betting, and then a final common card is placed face up with one last round of betting. Each player can use only two of their hole cards and three of the common cards to make the best or worst five card hand.
That’s right-I said best OR worst. Omaha/8 has two winning hands in each round-the highest and the lowest. It seems a little odd to the online poker player who’s used to vying for the best hand, but if you think you’ve got the worst as well, you’ve got a shot at half the pot. With two winners in each round, the pots in Omaha/8 can get pretty sizeable, which keeps things interesting. Things start to get even more interesting if you think that you can make the best hand AND the worst hand with your four hole cards. Since you can try to make the best hand with two of your pocket cards and the worst with your other two, the potential for winning a mega pot is present every time the cards are dealt.
