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Omaha High / Low Starting Hands

If you are considering playing Omaha hi-lo at a professional level then you would have to consider playing the game with a very good hand. Literally a good hand does not guarantee you to win the pot but there are many advantages associated with a high hand than playing with a week hand.

Omaha hi-lo is becoming popular at many online poker rooms due to the fact that both the low hand and high hand wins the pot. In fact, it’s the most popular split pot poker game in the world Players with a low hand and a high hand are able to split the pot and this is one of the main advantages that players get. Therefore, players need to know which hands they should play and the Omaha starting hands are very essential especially to professional players.

Bluffing does not always work in Omaha due to the fact that many players reach to the river aiming to win the pot with either a low hand or a high hand. The best starting hands may win the pots and in Omaha there are the hi-starting hands and lo- starting hands.

Players should note that the game is only driven by the strength of you hand.

In order for a player to qualify for a low hand you should start of with a good starting low hand which has no cards above 8. A straight and a flush is ignored in making a low hand therefore the best possible low hand is A 2 3 4 5. Since in Omaha, a hand is constructed from two of your cards and any three cards (community cards) on the table. Therefore, for a low hand, there should be any three community cards that are lower than 8.

Many players tend to play the tight aggressive game play when they receive a starting hand which constitutes of and A-2 and for this reason you should always focus on how your other opponents are playing in the game. If you also have a good low starting hand then you can also proceed to re-raise pre-flop. Alternatively, if players get to receive a high starting hand that constitutes of an A-K they also play aggressively.

Although many players use the playing styles mentioned above, the best starting hands should be a combination of both high and low cards. Playing these starting hands in Omaha Hi-Lo gives you a much better chance of scooping the pot rather than chopping it every time by playing either the high or low hand only.

I have outlined some of the best Omaha hi-lo starting hands and these are shown below. ‘x’ denotes any card off-suit or suited.

A-A-2-x
A-A-3-x
A-2-3-x
A-2-4-x
A-2-x-x
A-3-4-x
A-A-x-x

It is very important to consider the strength of your hand in relation to the decisions made on the table and also to include pre-flop. A good hand can be either suited or off-suited. Here is a list of the best Omaha Starting hands that can scoop pots effectively.

A-A-2-3 Double-suited
A-A-2-4 Double-suited
A-A-2-3 Suited
A-A-2-5 Double-suited
A-A-2-4 Suited
A-A-3-4 Double-suited
A-A-2-3 Non-suited
A-A-2-2 Double-suited
A-A-3-5 Double-suited
A-A-2-6 Double-suited

Here is a list of the other playable starting hands

A-A-2-x
A-A-4-5
A-A-3-x
A-2-K-K
A-2-3-x
A-2-J-J
A-2-K-Q
A-2-Q-Q
A-A-x-x
A-3-4-5
Q-J-T-9
K-K-Q-J
A-2-K-J
A-3-K-K
A-2-x-x (suited Ace)
A-3-4-x
J-Q-K-A
2-3-4-5 (fold if there is no Ace on the flop.)
T-J-Q-K

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