Stud Poker Hi-Lo is all about making the highest and lowest five-card hand. This is generally played in 7-card stud and Omaha poker variants. The difference between 7-card and Omaha Hi Lo is that the highest card you can have for the low hand is an eight. Playing 7-card Hi-Lo game is moderately challenging. The following steps can be useful in playing 7-card Hi-Lo game.
- Lay your ante (small beginning bet). The ante is the minimum bet to play the hand.
- Observe the dealer deal you three cards, two face down and one face up. The two face-down cards are known as hole cards and you can look at them.
- The player with the lowest card by suit will bet first. After the bet is made, the dealer will deal the next card face up. This is known as Fourth Street.
- Bet again if you have a hand worth playing and the dealer will deal you Fifth Street. The betting and dealing will carry on, if you continue in the game with a good hand, until all seven cards have been dealt.
- Glance at your seven cards and attempt to make the best high hand, following the usual poker rules. If you cannot build a strong high hand, try to make the best low hand, with the highest card being an eight. The pot will be divided between the highest and lowest hand.
By this way, you win either with low hand or high hand or you scoop if you have both.
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