| This is a very important point in hi low,
that is why it is called Omaha HI LOW!!! |
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| If you make only a good low hand, you will
often end up losing money by someone who has the same low hand
and a better high hand. |
| For example : |
| You hold Ah 2h 7d 8d |
| The Board is 4c 5c Ks Qs 7h |
| Your opponent holds Ad 2c Kh 8s |
| There is $200 in the pot after the river.
You win half the low pot ($50) with your A2457 and you show
a pair of 7’s for the high pot. |
| Your opponent wins half the low pot with
his A2457($50) for the low pot and he wins the entire high
pot ($100) with his pair of K’s. Overall, you lose money
in this pot. You have been “quartered” as it is
known in the game. |
| Make sure that when you put substantial
money in the pot, you are doing it with the best low hand and
a decent high hand also to avoid the above scenario. |
| In the above example, a better player may
well have avoided the eventual quartering by not calling a
bet on the flop as the odds of making a high hand also are
so slim. Only a 6 or 3 achieve that and even then, there is
a flush draw there which you don’t have. |
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