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No-Limit Omaha-8 -- What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

As promised, here is the first specific strategy piece in a series of articles about poker games that aren't no-limit hold'em (!). First, don't panic — it's going to be fine; you might actually find yourself enjoying them.

The first one we're going to discuss is actually fairly popular on PokerStars: NLO-8 (no-limit Omaha, high-low, with an 8-qualifier for low). So instead of two cards, you get four. And the pot gets split between the best high hand and the best low hand — if there's a qualifying low hand.

What could possibly go wrong?