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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1384462, member: 23910"] ^ this. I can't believe there's even a discussion on this point. JEP this thread is talking about Omaha8 (aka Omaha High-Low or Omaha Eight-or-better). It's a split pot game where half the pot goes to the best hand at showdown and half the pot goes to the "worst" hand and it's [B]not[/B] the same as regular Omaha. Starting hand values in Omaha8 are different compared to standard Omaha because the best hands are the ones with the potential to "scoop" the pot - ones that play well for both the high and the low pots. A low hand needs to have five unpaired cards, none of which can be higher than eight. So a hand like AAKK, which is a very strong starting hand in regular Omaha, loses some value in Omaha8 because it's impossible to make a low hand with it and often you'll be playing for half the pot at best. [/QUOTE]