Omaha Hi-Lo - The River

  In Omaha Hi-Lo, the river is a completely different place than it is in Texas Holdem. In Holdem, your biggest fear is probably that Stanley from New York didn't fold when he should have, and might catch a lucky card on the river and beat your pair of Aces. In Omaha, you have much more territory to defend and other considerations besides a potential bad beat.  First off, if your high hand is the best one at the table, the river is the time to raise. The chances of a tie are very low, so your risk of being quartered is roughly equal to the chance of Rob Schneider ever winning an Oscar. Your goal is to get as much money into the pot as humanly possible. Even if you only pull down half the pot, taking half of a big pot is better than zero pieces of any pot. If the board is showing a number of high value cards, than that works to the advantage of the player who is holding the best high hand. High value community cards almost completely wipe out the possibility of a low hand, and your high hand will then take the entire pot.  Playing the river with a high hand is very straightforward; playing with the low hand is a different story. If you believe you are holding the best low hand, but really have a chance of winning the high part of the pot, than your best move is to simply call and hope for the best. The fewer people you are playing against with the best low hand, the better. In a multi-way pot the chances of somebody tying your low hand (resulting in quartering you) are increased. This is a danger even head to head, but obviously the more players, the bigger the danger.  In the end, if you are quartered, you only take away 25% of the pot. Even though you have taken a small part of the pot, chances are you either broke even or lost money on the hand. Playing just to be quartered is not how winning poker is played.There is a warning sign you should be aware of. If you are holding the best low hand, and two or more of your opponents are raising, you are probably walking into a situation that will result in being quartered. This might be a good time to fold your cards instead of trying to match their raises.