The player immediately clockwise from the small blind posts the ‘big blind’, which is typically twice the size of the small blind, but the blinds can vary depending on the stakes and betting structure being played. Before the game begins, the player immediately clockwise from the button posts the ‘small blind’, the first forced bet. In 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo, a marker called ‘the button’ or ‘the dealer button’ indicates which player is the nominal dealer for the current game. If there is no qualifying low hand, the high hand wins the entire pot. Low hands in 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo are determined in exactly the same way they're determined in Omaha Hi/Lo. Visit the poker hands page to view the rankings of hands in 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo.ĥ Card Omaha Hi/Lo is played with an ‘8 or better’ qualifier, which means that a low hand must consist of five different ranks of cards ranked eight or below, to be eligible to win the low portion of the pot. You may use different combinations of two cards from your hand to make your high hand and your low hand, but in each hand you must use precisely two from your hand and three from the board - no more, no less. The pot is divided between the best hand for high and the best hand for low - hence the name, 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo.

All players use exactly two cards from their five hole cards in conjunction with exactly three cards from the board to make the best five-card poker hand possible. Five community cards are dealt face-up on the ‘board’. Each player in a 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo game is dealt five private cards (‘hole cards’) that belong only to that player. 5 Card Omaha Hi/Lo is an exciting game derived from Omaha Hi/Lo.

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