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HIGH - LOW
SPLIT
This name covers several popular forms of poker games. The
games may be five-card draw, five-card stud, or seven-card
stud, and in the showdown the best low hand and the best
high hand Split the pot. Sometimes, however, the rules may
require that players have to declare - either simultaneously
or consecutively - whether they are going for high, for
low, or for both.
In five-card High - Low Split games the best low hand is always
A,2,3,4,5, as in draw lowball. In seven stud games the best
low hand is sometimes A,2,3,4,6, with straights and flushes
counted as high. Aces always count both as low cards and
high cards. (Hence, two aces may be a low pair as well as
a high pair.) In stud High - Low Split games, the high hand
on board usually starts each betting round.
A variation of High - Low Split requires a player to have
an 8 low or better to qualify for low. If no one has an
8 low or better, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
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