Quartered
Also: getting quartered
In a split-pot game, tying with another player for one half of the pot and therefore collecting only a quarter of it. Being quartered while putting in a full share of the betting is one of the most expensive routine outcomes in Omaha hi-lo.
It happens most often with the low. Two players holding an ace-deuce on a qualifying board split the low half between them, while a third player takes the whole high half — so each of the low players receives a quarter of a pot they helped build. The arithmetic is brutal: in a heads-up pot, taking a quarter means losing money on the hand.
The defence is to want a hand that can scoop. A low with no high potential, or a naked ace-deuce in a multiway raised pot, is exactly the holding that gets quartered.
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Can you lose money while winning a quarter of the pot?
Yes. Heads-up, taking a quarter of a pot you paid half of is a straight loss.