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We Offer Free Information about How to Play Omaha Hi Lo Poker

Omaha hi lo poker goes by a lot of different names: Omaha holdem, 8 or better Omaha, high low split Omaha poker, Omaha/8, etc. We'll refer to the game consistently throughout this site as Omaha hi lo poker or just "Omaha hi lo." We love the game, and we hope that our love of the game will shine through in the writing on our site.

Some people think that Omaha hi lo is the game of the future. Time will tell. Omaha hi lo's close relative, Texas holdem, still holds the crown as the most popular poker game played in the USA right now, but maybe that will change as time goes by.

Like Texas holdem, Omaha hi lo is a community poker game, which means that the players share cards that are dealt face up in the center of the poker table. In both Texas holdem and Omaha hi lo, the community cards consist of five face up cards. There are three big differences between Omaha hi lo and Texas holdem though:

1. In Texas holdem, each player receives two hole cards. (The cards dealt face down to each individual are called "hole cards.") In Omaha hi lo, each player receives four hole cards.
2. In Texas holdem, players can use any combination of hole cards and community cards to make up her hand. In Omaha hi lo, players must use two (no more, no less) hole cards and three (no more no less) community cards to make her hand.)
3. In Texas holdem, the highest ranking poker hand wins the pot. In Omaha hi lo, the highest hand and the lowest hand split the pot.

One reason we love Omaha hi lo poker so much is that we like large pots with lots of money and/or chips in them. The reason Omaha hi lo poker tends to have large pots is because of the many possibilities most players can see in their hands. Since they have four hole cards instead of two, most Omaha hi lo players see lots of opportunities to make a high hand. And they see even more opportunity to make low hands too, so they keep throwing money in the pot.

This site is a complete tutorial on how to play Omaha hi lo poker. It's easy, it's fun, and it's profitable. And it's not really hard to play; if you can play Texas holdem, you can pick up Omaha hi lo really fast. If you play online poker at the best poker sites, you'll be pleased to learn that most Omaha 8 games are especially soft. Our site begins with the basics of how to play Omaha hi lo poker, then continues with an article about dealing, betting, and blinds. Once you know how to play, you're ready to start learning some of the basic Omaha hi lo poker tactics and strategies and how tight/loose and/or aggressive/passive you should play here. We look at Omaha hi lo preflop strategy here, and Omaha hi lo strategy after the flop here. We sum up our advice on Omaha hi lo strategy with our Winning Omaha Hi Lo Tips & Advice article. What are you waiting for? Read the articles on our site and then go learn how to play poker online for real money (or for play money, if that's your thing).

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