How is Omaha high-low split pot played?

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Five playing cards showing a flush in clubs: king, ten, eight, seven, and five of clubs. — poker A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence is called a flush.

In Omaha high-low split pot, the game follows the standard rules of Omaha, where players are dealt four hole cards and must use exactly two of them in combination with three of the five community cards to form their hand.

The defining feature of this variant is that the pot is divided between two winners:

High Hand: The player with the best traditional poker hand wins half of the pot.
Low Hand: The player with the best low hand wins the other half of the pot.

If no player qualifies for a low hand, the entire pot is awarded to the player with the best high hand. This structure creates a strategic dynamic where players aim to construct hands that can compete for either or both halves of the split pot.1