That's where the "splitor-better" comes from, a phrase usually added to the name of the game. A qualifying low hand consists of five unpaired cards ranked eight or lower. For the low hand, the ace is considered a low card the lowest , while it can also serve as the highest-ranking card in high hands.
Also worth noting — if your lowest five cards make a straight or a flush, that doesn't matter in Omaha hi-lo, you've still got a low hand if all are ranked eight or lower. In other "lowball" games like no-limit triple draw , flushes and straights hurt you by making your low hand higher, but in Omaha hi-lo that is not the case.
That means a hand consisting of A would be the lowest possible hand — that is to say, the best "low hand" in Omaha hi-lo. This hand is sometimes called a " wheel. The worst low hand that qualifies as a low in Omaha hi-lo would be A good way to figure out which low hand is best is to arrange the hand from highest card to lowest card and then to think of the hand as a five-digit number, with the lowest number being the best or lowest hand. Thus A is better than A , and A is better than A and so on.
Flushes and straights are completely ignored for the purposes of the low pot. In other words, to qualify as a low hand, you must have five different cards ranked Eight or below.
The A hand contains only four qualifying low cards the Nine is disqualified , and the A hand only has four cards of different ranks pairs are also not permitted. What's the low nuts? Different combinations of cards can be used by a player to make separate high and low hands. It is possible for a player to win both the high and low portions of the pot--known as "scooping". If there is no qualifying low hand five cards below 8 , the best high hand will scoop the whole pot.
Omaha 8 can be played as a limit, pot limit or even no limit game. The most common variant is Limit Omaha 8 or Better, which is also the variant included in most mixed games. Betting continues on each betting round until all active players who have not folded have placed equal bets in the pot.
The flop is the first three community cards available to all active players. Betting begins with the active player immediately clockwise from the button. Another round of betting ensues. Play begins with the active player immediately clockwise from the button. A final betting round ensues. If there is more than one remaining player when the final betting round is complete, the last person to bet or raise shows their cards, unless there was no bet on the final round in which case the player immediately clockwise from the button shows their cards first.
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