How Do You Play Omaha Hi-Lo Poker?
Omaha Hi-Lo is among the most challenging forms of poker because it requires a good sense of which hands are likely to scoop the pot by winning both the low side and the high side. Those players who play for only half the pot will not come out ahead in the long run. The game is growing in popularity, with several events at the World Series of Poker dedicated to it each year. Here is a quick primer to get you started in Omaha Hi-Lo. Decide the stakes you want to play. There is less variance in Omaha Hi-Lo than in a game like No-Limit Hold’em because you will split a lot of pots, so you get your money back or win money more often in this game–it is just that the pots are usually smaller. That being said you can play stakes slightly higher than you are used to. If you play $4 to $8 Limit Hold’em, for example, then you can probably afford $5 to $10 limits in Omaha Hi-Lo. Begin play. Omaha Hi-Lo is like Hold’em in that there is the standard clockwise-rotating button and two blinds, but is
