How to Play 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo.
Stud Hi-Lo is a split pot game. The best high hand wins half of the pot. The best low hand wins the other half of the pot. The low hand must “qualify”. With at least five cards below 8 in order. To win half of the pot. This game uses the A-to-5 lowball rankings for low hands.
Which straights and flushes do not count against your hand.
It is possible for a player to win both the high. And low portions of the pot known as “scooping”. If there is no qualifying low hand (five cards below 8), the best high hand scoops the whole pot.
Showdown and Hand Rankings
Pot split between best low hand. (following the A-to-5 lowball hand rankings). The best high hand. If there is no qualifying low hand, the best high hand wins the whole pot.
Stud Hi-Lo / Eight or Better Rules
Stud 8 is almost always play as a fixed limit betting game. The small bet size is used during the first two rounds of betting (third and fourth street), and the big bet size is used on fifth street and beyond.
Each player antes a fraction of the small bet. Before the cards are dealt. In a $2/$4 limit game, for example, the antes are usually $0.30.
Three cards dealt to each player. Including two face-down “hole cards” and one face-up “door card”.
The player with the lowest Door Card must start the betting with the Bring-In.
Which is usually about half the size of the small bet. Alternatively the player may complete the size of the small bet.
In a high card or one pair hand tie-breaker, both players can sometimes have the same kicker. In this case the second kicker is use. Then the third, and so on. If both players’ best five card poker hands identical, then they share the pot equally. You can start by ทางเข้า UFABET