As with other split pot games like Seven Card Stud High-Low, the object of a game like Omaha High-Low is to try to win both the high half of the pot and the low half of the pot, or to “scoop” the entire pot, as it is called. This means when you choose your starting hands for Omaha High-Low, you want to be choosing hands that actually have a good chance at winning both halves of the pot.  Hands like Ac-2c-3d-Kd are terrific in Omaha High-Low because of the potential such a hand has to scoop the entire pot.
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As is the case in other split pot games like Seven Card Stud High-Low, the object of Omaha High-Low is to try to “scoop” both halves of the pot by making the best high hand <i>and</i> the best low hand.  This means when selecting your starting hands you want to be playing hands that have “two-way” potential and can therefore have a fighting chance to win both the high and the low.  By the same token, you generally want to avoid “one-way” hands that are either “high only” or “low only” hands, since you are often only going to be playing for half of the pot with those.
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