Let’s first start by understanding good hands vs deceptive hands: Good hands have scoop potential: Getting 5 cards in Big-O vs the 4 cards of traditional O8 is a huge difference which allows you to get dealt more interesting hands. If you’ve never played O8 before, watch this video first and get the basics so that you understand how the high and low hands work (or if you already understand the basics, skip below the video). So not only do you get 5 cards per hand, but many pots end up getting split between the high hand and the low hand…so it’s common for pots to grow quickly. If you’ve never played Big-O before, it’s 5 card pot-limit Omaha 8-or-better. It’s a great game that can be played with 8 or less people, and has a ton of gamble baked right into the format.

Big-O is quickly becoming one of my favorite non-NL games to play.