Omaha 8/b

Omaha H/L



Omaha is often played high-low split. The player may use any combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the high hand and another [or the same] combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the low hand.Omaha is similar to hold’em in using a three-card flop on the board, a fourth boardcard, and then a fifth boardcard. Each player is dealt four holecards [instead of two] at the start. In order to make a hand, a player must use precisely two holecards with three boardcards. The betting is the same as in hold'em, using a preflop, flop, turn, and river betting rounds. At the showdown, the entire four-card hand should be shown to receive the pot.



Rules


1. All the rules of Omaha apply to Omaha high-low split except as below.



2. A qualifier of 8-or-better for low is used. This means to win the low half of the pot, a player’s hand at the showdown must have five cards of different ranks that are an eight or lower in rank. [An ace is the highest card and also the lowest card.] If there is no qualifying hand for low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.