What You'll Need
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Standard 52-card deck
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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
- All players ante before the deal
- Deal two down cards and one up card to each player
- Low card brings in
- Betting rounds through Seventh Street as in Stud
- At showdown, pot splits between best high and best low
- Low must be 8-high or better to qualify
- Aces can play high or low
- Same hand can win both (scoop)
- If no qualifying low, high hand wins all
- Quarter pot if low ties and high wins
- Consider both directions when building hand
- Best low: A-2-3-4-5 (wheel)
Added 28 days ago
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