What Is Omaha Hi-Lo Poker?

Series Summary

Poker is a game of wits, intuition and guts, and in the Poker world, Texas Hold 'em is the high roller. Due to its popularity derived from televised tournaments, Texas Hold 'em, has stacked up the fans and cashed in on a booming niche market. But whether its stud, draw or a community game, the right skills can be your ace in the hole! So call your neighbor's bluff, get your poker face ready, and up the ante when his chips are down. Who knows, maybe someday you'll be sporting one of those famed World Series of Poker bracelets. In this free video series on card games, an experienced poker player, Reg Brittain, demonstrates how to play different starting hands for Omaha hi-lo poker. Brittain discusses how to play aces, suited cards, connectors and other Omaha hi-lo hands. Learning how to play different poker hands is a great way to build strategy and to keep opponents guessing. Watch these free videos and learn to play different starting hands in Omaha hi-lo poker today.

Video Transcript

"We're talking today about Omaha high/low hands. Let's give a quick explanation of what the term Omaha high/low means. A high/low game is a game where the high hand; the best hand of all being a royal flush, can win half the pot, and the low hand; if it qualifies, can win the other half of the pot. A qualifying low hand is your best five card hand that has no card higher than an eight. Straights and flushes don't matter with a low hand, and aces of course can be played high or low. So, what this means is that Omaha high/low gives you a number of opportunities to win the hand, but what you need to remember is everyone else at the table has the same opportunities as you. They're playing on the same odds as you are. So, be careful; don't play loose in Omaha Omaha high/low. Look for hands that give you opportunities to have the highest of the high hand and the lowest of the low hands; hands like this."