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Stud Hi-Lo

High and low split the pot

2 players
20-60 min
Very Hard

What You'll Need

🃏 Standard 52-card deck
🔴 Poker chips

About This Game

Also called Eight-or-Better. Seven Card Stud where the pot is split between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand. Players try to scoop both halves or target one direction. Complex and strategic.

Est. 1960

How to Play

  1. All players ante before the deal
  2. Deal two down cards and one up card to each player
  3. Low card brings in
  4. Betting rounds through Seventh Street as in Stud
  5. At showdown, pot splits between best high and best low
  6. Low must be 8-high or better to qualify
  7. Aces can play high or low
  8. Same hand can win both (scoop)
  9. If no qualifying low, high hand wins all
  10. Quarter pot if low ties and high wins
  11. Consider both directions when building hand
  12. Best low: A-2-3-4-5 (wheel)
Added 28 days ago
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