Viva Macau Poker - Omaha Hi/Lo

In addition to Omaha High Poker, we also offer the popular variant Omaha Hi-Lo. In this version of Omaha the pot will be split between the highest ranking Poker Hand and the lowest "qualifying" poker hand.

Play is structured the same as Omaha high with each player needing to make a five card hand. Players are dealt four cards face down, called their hole cards. The dealer then places five cards face up in the middle of the table, each player can use these community cards, giving them access to a total of seven cards. What makes Omaha Hi/Lo different to Omaha high is that each player potentially has two hands, a high hand and a low hand.

To be eligible to split the pot with the high hand, the low hand must meet certain qualifying requirements. First, you must have 5 distinct cards with no pairs, and no card higher than an 8. Straights and flushes don't count when ranking a low hand, so the best low hand is A-2-3-4-5 of any suit. Because you must use two cards to make your hand, two of the cards in your hand and three from the board all need to be 8 or lower.

Ranking of low hands starts with the highest of your low cards, so 7-6-5-4-3 is 7-low and would beat 8-7-5-4-3-2 a 8-low. If two players make a low hand and have the same hi card, the next highest card wins, so 7-5-4-3-2 beats 7-6-4-3-2.

If there is no low hand the player with the best high hand wins the whole pot. If there is a low hand and a high hand the pot is split between the winning players. A player can also win the whole pot if they have the best high hand and the best low hand using the same set of cards.

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