Raona

I just havent got the foggiest idea how to actually play this game.......i think its something to do with both the highest and lowest hand wins i dunno.....but i dont like this game and i probably never will lol.

cobra79

Omaha Hi/Lo is really easy. The high part works like the normal Omaha and for the low part you need 5 cards below 9 (Ace to 8 ). You aim at winning both high and low at the same time. The best starting hand would be A2A3 double suited.

Example:
Your hand:
Ad 2d 4d Ks

Flop:
As Qh 2h

As you can see you have no low, because you dont have 5 cards (2 from your hand and 3 from the board that are below 9). At the moment you only have 2 pairs and could only win the high. You should consider folding here, but you call to see the turn.

Turn:
10h

Now there is no way you could win the low, because even with the river you will never have 5 cards below 9. And as you can see there is now a possible heart flush or a straight all beating your two pairs. You should definatly fold here. But lets say you go on.

River:
3c

Low nuts: You need a 4 and a 5.
High nuts: Ace high heart flush.

You should easily be able to identify the nuts and only bet/call if you have them, because second best hands in Omaha in my experience tend to lose a lot more than they actually win.

Frequent mistakes:
- overestimating A2 (if the board shows one of em and you have no other low card you are unlikely to win the low)
- Betting on the low even if the flop showed only one low card.
- Raising in heads up if you only have one of the nuts. Your opponent might have them too.
- Not raising with one of the nuts if you have many callers on the table (very likely in Hi/Lo)
- In general playing too many hands and second best hands.

Hoped that helped.
In my opinion there is less luck involved in Omaha Hi/Lo (if played correctly) than in Holdem and therefore it is more fun.

packbadger

I have seen many, many players overplay the low before the flop. It's good poker to do so if you don;t have at least suited A-x and probably say A-A-2-x. You can put a lot of chips in the pot and end up not getting your half because you overplayed the low.

chitown662

Here's a better idea to play omaha h/l get really and your better off lol

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hayden1009

Sometimes ignorance is blisss. The other nite my wife was playing her Ladyfreerollerz league and I told her I was in an Omaha pl H/L at the same time and to make at least one bet so I was in the tourny and when I finished my last patient I would play my game while she played hers. Well I get home about 45 minutes into the tourny and she has 7k in chips on the Omaha so I left her alone and took a shower and read the mail. When I came back she was at the final table and hand was dealt with 2 aces a duece and 5. she was going to fold and I told her not to fold and she said why and I told her she had Hi and Lo for a decent start so lets see the flop for cheap, and she replied with whats Hi and Lo mean? So I explained it and she had only been playing high all night and wondered why she kept splitting pots. So she made the final table without a clue as to the real rules. I told her well done and if the other players had any clue as to what and how she played and she was in the money they would be ****ed.

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nrhs05

Yes i must admit that it is possible to overplay something like AA2x double suited, put in a raise and if you get reraised just call, seeing as ohmaha is a game where most hands you are at best 60:40 in odds. For example a hand like AsAd2s3d vs JhQh10c9c is only about 57:43 in odds for the high hand (not sure on odds for the low hand) no sense putting all your money in on a coinflip, wait for a clop like 4A6 or something like that so you have the nut low and nut high (yes it is wise to wait for your really strong hands in omaha as it comes more often than it does in holdem)..... Omaha is a drawing game, and alot of the time you cant bluff your opponent off a pot, they either have it or they dont.....

Force10

A2A3 dbl suited is the best possible PLO8 starting hand is it?
Do me a lemon for heavens sake.
What u planning using the 3 for?

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jodigirl12

I hate Omaha.....I just can't think about that many cards or something. Everytime I play, I think I've got good stuff, only to be beaten by something stupid..But to each their own I guess. Good luck all.

Arsenal28

I do enjoy playing omaha every once in a while. The problem I have with it is the constant up and down of it. I have a tendency to chase sometimes in hold em and omaha is more suited for that but I still to it a little too much. But I have noticed it is fairly easy to win a decent amount in a short time if you catch a few decent hands.

nrhs05

the 3 is for if a 2 hits on the flop, or an ace then u still have the best lo lol, 2 nut flushes, nut set if u hit. u wont win the high quite as often but u will win the low more often than not.