Seldom does one pair win in Omaha. The Best Starting Hand. Because you want to scoop the pot in Hi-Lo your will usually need to hold of an ace if you expect to win the low half of the pot. According to simulations run by Bill Boston and published in his book, Omaha High-Low, the best starting hand is A-A-2-3 Double suited. Double suited means.
The rules of Omaha Hi-Lo are the same as those of Omaha Hi, except that, in Omaha Hi-Lo, the player with the best low hand and the player with the best high hand get an equal share of the pot. In Omaha Hi-Lo, each player is dealt 4-hole cards. At showdown, players must use 2 cards from their hands and five community cards in order to make the best high or low poker hands. In the absence of a.
Omaha hi-lo (or Omaha 8) is an amazingly funny game to play. I personally only ever played limit. Pot-limit is the most common O8 game in Europe. You can not play O8 pot limit with this guide. It is a limit-only guide. This guide is mainly for micro stakes, but I beleave it could also be valid for ordinary games. No guarantees though :-) Chose your table carefully You can win O8 limit by just.
Premium Hands: If you have a pair of aces, with low side-cards like A-A-2-3 you have a very strong Omaha Hi-Lo starting hand. If there are two suits (and so the ability to make two different flushes at showdown), this is as good a starting hand as you will find. Aces with one lower card and one higher one can also win big pots. Suits make a big difference, you don’t want to be drawing to a.
That's the reason why there is no simple starting hands chart for Omaha. Players often heavily argue about the question which starting hand is the best in PLO since they say this does not only depend on the preflop equity, but also on the playability. Whether you prefer AAKK double-suited or AAJT double-suited - both of these are very strong hands. Also, a starting hands chart would be less.
The best starting hands in Omaha Hi-Lo are A-A-2-3 double-suited, followed by A-A-2-4 double-suited. This kind of hand is very strong because it can be played for both high and low, which gives it great scoop potential. Of course, being suited or (even better) double-suited adds value to every hand.
Here the best low hand is hand A. His low hand is 7-6-5-4-2 for a Seven low. Hand B is an Eight low with 8-4-3-2-A. It matters not that Hand B has an Ace and lots of other very low cards.