Omaha High poker online strategy is important for those living in Europe who seem to be adapting this game.
To learn how to play Omaha Hi/Low poker, it is advisable to get some practice in playing Omaha poker first or alternatively you can use any of Betfair Poker’s play poker for free tables to expand you poker strategy repertoire.
Omaha High Poker is a community card game, with players sharing the cards on the board, but Unlike in Hold'em, each player is dealt 4 hole or down cards, and must use exactly 2 cards from his/her hole cards and 3 from the board to make a 5-card poker hand.
When you start to play Omaha Hi/Lo poker you are dealt four hole cards (those that only you can see). Remember only two of these poker cards will be useful to you so don’t be deceived if you have three of a kind. The first round of betting then commences, after that is completed the flop arrives- as in Texas Hold’em this is the three community cards. Then another round of betting happens, then the turn (4th Card) again more betting and finally the River (the last card) and the last round of betting.
The poker player with the best combination of cards made up of two of his/her pocket cards and three of the community cards wins the high pot, and the poker player with the weakest (lowest) poker hand wins the low pot (note the highest card in a low hand is an 8, if no one has a low hand the winner of the strongest hand wins all the money. In some scenario’s a poker player can win both the high and the low pot, their 7 cards may be a rainbow hand 2,4,5,6,7,8,J. For the Low Omaha hand you may choose 2,4,5,6,7 but for the Hi Omaha the stronger hand i.e. the straight 4,5,6,7,8 could also win.
Tips from About.com:
The best starting hand in Omaha High is Ace-Ace-King-Queen double-suited.
Good starting hands in Omaha High contain: Suited aces, four-card connectors (10-J-Q-K), two pairs as long as one is high.
1. If you have an A-A with two weak cards that do not add value to your hand, only play by raising if you are first-in from a late position, or if it has already been raises, no one else has called and you are in the last position. In the latter situation, you should make it three bets and attempt to run your opposition out of the pot.
2. Hands such as A-A-9-5 and A-A-9-4 shouldn't be played in any game except heads-up. One exception to this rule is the A-A-9-2 which could be played in some settings, but remember that A-A-9-3 is a weaker hand.
3. The closer your cards are to the A-A-2-3 double-suited hand, the better off you are. You can play these hands with aggression.
4. A-A-x-x hands, where x = high face cards, such as A-A-Q-J or A-A-Q-K, are better than the hands where x = a pair such as A-A-J-J or A-A-Q-Q.
