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Message: [QUOTE="Gizzi315, post: 384477, member: 7685"] I learned Omaha by "accidentally" getting into a game by mistake a few months ago, so little details like this are the sorts of things I am still learning, too. I had a similar question and found this answer yesterday...... [COLOR=seagreen][I]From [/I][/COLOR][URL="http://www.online-poker-explorer.com/"][COLOR=seagreen][I]www.online-poker-explorer.com[/I][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=seagreen][I] In Omaha Hi-Lo, the pot is often split between the best high hand and the best low hand. Just like Omaha high, each player must use exactly two of their hole cards to form their best high hand, but they must also use exactly two hole cards to form their best low hand. They do not have to use the same two cards to form the high and low hand. The low hand has a qualifier of 8 or better. This means that for a player to have a hand that qualifies for the low half of the pot they must have five unpaired cards 8 or below. Aces are played both low and high so an Ace is the lowest card in a low hand. Because each player must use exactly three community cards, there are times when a low hand is not possible. For example, if the board shows K Q T 7 3, then there can’t be a low hand as there are only two cards 8 or below on the board. In this case the high hand wins the entire pot. In the case of a tie for either the high or low hand, the half of the pot is split between the two hands. When two players have the same low hand, this is often called getting quartered, as you will win only a quarter of the pot (half of the low half). The last thing we will cover is how to determine the best low hand. The easiest way to determine whose low hand is lowest is to take the five cards and read them backwards like a number. The lowest number wins. Here is an example. A 2 6 7 8 is read 87,621 (Third Lowest) A 2 3 4 6 is read 64,321 (Lowest) A 2 3 6 8 is read 86,321 (Second Lowest) Another explanation from choicepoker.com is: Qualifying for low hand: To qualify for a low hand a player must have a combination of 5 cards numbered 8 or lower. The lowest high card wins. For example an Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5 would be an Ace, 2, 3, 4, 6. If the highest low cards are equal then the second highest cards in the series are compared and the lowest of these high cards wins. For example: and A, 2,4,5,7 would beat an A, 2, 4, 6, 7. If need be, the third, fourth or fifth cards will be considered to determine the lowest hand. Keep in mind that it is the lowest HIGH card of the five cards that determines the low hand winner. For example a 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, beats an A, 2, 3, 5, 8. [/I][COLOR=black]Hope this helps! [/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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