Fixed Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8

This is a game where there are two pots. In the first pot, the highest poker handIn the second pot, the lowest poker hand, using cards only cards Eight and below. wins.

It is played with a standard poker deck of 52 cards.

Game Play

Round 1

  • Each player pays an ante.
  • A big blind, and typically a small blind are paid by the players to the left of the dealer.
  • Each player is dealt four cards, face-down.
  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the big blind.

Flop

  • One card is burned.
  • Three cards are dealt to the table, face-up.
  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

Turn

  • One card is burned.
  • One card is dealt to the table, face-up.
  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

River

  • One card is burned.
  • One card is dealt to the table, face-up.
  • There is a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

Winning the hand

At the end of the hand, there is a hi-low split pot.

For the first pot, the highest poker hand wins.

  • Each player must form the best poker hand from two cards in their hand and three cards on the table.
  • Aces can be high or low

For the second pot, the lowest poker hand wins.

  • Each player must form the best poker hand from two cards in their hand and three cards on the table.
  • Aces are always low
  • Straights and flushes are ignored.
  • Only cards Eight and below play.

Betting

  • Each player may check, call, bet or raise, as their chips allow.
  • A raise needs to be as least as large as the last bet.
  • Each round of betting is at a fixed limit.
  • There is a maximum of three raises per round.

Hand types

High Pot hands:

  • Royal Flush
    • Royal flush
  • Straight-Flush
    • Cards of the same suit and in sequence.
  • Quads
    • Four cards of the same rank.
  • Full House
    • Three of a kind and and a pair.
  • Flush
    • A set of cards in all in the same suit.
  • Straight
    • A set of cards in consecutive sequence.
  • Trips
    • Three cards of the same rank.
  • Two Pair
    • Four cards, with two pairs of cards of the same rank.
  • Pair
    • Two cards of the same rank.
  • High Card
    • Kickers

Low Pot hands:

  • High Card
    • Kickers