seven card studpoker hi/lo
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7 Card Stud Hi/Lo7 Card Stud Hi/Lo is very similar to 7 Card Stud, except the pot is split between a high hand (the same as in 7 Card Stud) and a low hand (which is based on five cards that start at eight or below – see the Rank of Hands below for more information).
Before a game starts, each player must post an ‘ante’, a mandatory amount that ensures there is some money in the pot. In stud poker games, there are no community cards. Instead, the dealer begins by dealing clockwise until each player has three cards. The first two cards are dealt face down (‘hole’ cards), the third face up (the ‘door’ card).
7 Card Stud is divided into five rounds of betting, and the betting moves clockwise around the table.
Opening the Betting
The player with the lowest-ranking up card starts the game with a token bet called the ‘bring-in’. (If two or more players have the same lowest card, the bring-in is determined by suit in alphabetical order: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades.)
Third Street
Once the bring-in bet has been made, each player (starting with the player to the left of the bring-in) can fold, call, or raise to the betting limit.
Fourth Street
Everyone is dealt another up card. At this point, the player with the highest two up cards starts the betting. On this round of betting only, if a player gets an open pair, he or she can make a double bet.
Fifth Street
Everyone is dealt another up card. Again, the player with the highest combination of up cards starts the betting.
Sixth Street
Everyone is dealt another up card. The player with the highest combination of up cards starts the betting.
Seventh Street or The River
Everyone is dealt their final down card. The same player who started the last round again starts the betting.
The Showdown
If there is more than one player left in the game, there is a showdown. During the showdown, the players reveal their cards and the highest card wins half the pot, and the lowest low hand wins the other half. The same player can have both the best high and low hands, or, if none of the players has a high hand, then the highest hand wins the entire pot.
Ranks of hands :
Royal Flush A royal flush is an ace high straight. All of the cards are in the same suit.
Straight Flush A straight flush is a five-card straight, all in the same suit.
Four of a Kind – Quads Quads, or four of a kind, are four cards of equal rank.
Full House – Full Boat A full house, or full boat, contains a set (three) cards of one rank and a pair of another rank.
Flush A flush is any five cards, all of the same suit.
Straight Five cards of sequential rank. Every possible straight will contain either a 5 or a 10.
Three of a Kind – A Set Three cards of the same rank.
Two Pair A two pair is two cards of one rank and another two cards of another rank.
One Pair One pair is two cards of the same rank.
Some games are called Hi-Lo Games (Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and Omaha Hi-Lo) because to win the pot, not only do you need to consider the rank of hands explained above (Hi) but also the lowest hand (Lo). The pot is then split between two winning hands: the high one and the low one.
We’ve covered the high hands above. A low hand is a hand that contains five different cards inferior or equal to 8. Ex: A- 2- 4- 7- 8
PartyPoker.com offers two games where the pot is split between the best high hand and the best low hand – Omaha Hi/Lo and 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. Hi/Lo games are played with an ‘eight qualifier’ for the low hand, where a player must have five unpaired cards lower than eight in order to win the low part of the pot.
Straights and flushes do not count toward a low hand, and aces are treated as the lowest card. Hands with five cards of equal rank share the low pot equally, regardless of suit.
In Hi/Lo games, as played on PartyPoker.com, the best possible low hand is a 5-high straight, called a wheel or a bicycle. Should two or more players have wheels/bicycles, the low portion of the pot is split. All wheels/bicycles are equal regardless of suit.