For the low hand, he uses Ad 3d from the hole and 4c 8h 2s from the board to make an 8-high low hand. You can do this by using any of the two-card combinations from your four hole cards to create two different hands with any three of the five community cards.įor the high hand, the player uses Kc 2c from the hole and Kd Kh 2s from the board to make a full house. The answer is yes and this article takes an initial look at a key area.Īs the term 'Hi/Lo' implies, you are seeking to make both a high hand and a low hand. The basic high hand is valid in both Omaha High and Omaha Hi/Lo Split so the next question to consider is whether there are any high hands that should be played differently in Omaha Hi/Lo Split compared to Omaha High. The remainder of the articles have concentrated on defining the many ways in which a high hand can be formed and played and how the hand values interact in the game of Omaha. In Article IV of this series, I spent more time analysing the low hand and its peculiarities, including the ease in which players can lose value by over-betting hands that contain only mediocre low hands or counterfeited low cards. I emphasised that the Split game introduces the concept of two half-pots and how you should only enter a pot if you have a reasonable chance at the outset of taking both halves of the pot or the whole pot if no low hand qualifies ('scooping the pot'). In Article III of this series, I discussed the basic differences between Omaha High and Omaha Hi/Lo Split. These articles are written to prevent you becoming one of the hunted.'

If you have a limited bankroll, you should be conservative and choosy but the pickings are there.

Many players I come up against at these levels are not schooled in poker strategy and the truth is they are giving away money, either through ignorance of strategy or misplaced aggression.

Tony says: 'I often play lower stakes games because there is money to be made without excessive risk to your bankroll. He mostly plays Texas Hold'em and Omaha (High and Split) at fixed, pot and no limit, at both cash and tournament tables. Tony is a regular on-line player living in England.

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