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Seven-card
stud high-low split is a stud game which is played
both high and low. A qualifier of 8-or-better
for low applies to all high-low split games, unless
a specific posting to the contrary is displayed.
The low card initiates the action on the first
round, with an ace counting as a high card for
this purpose. On subsequent rounds, the high hand
initiates the action. If the high hand is tied,
the first player clockwise from the dealer acts
first. Fixed-limit games use the lower limit on
third and fourth street and the upper limit on
subsequent betting rounds, and an open pair does
not affect the limit. Aces may be used for high
or low. Straights and flushes do not affect the
low value of a hand. A player may use any five
cards to make the best high hand, and the same
or any other grouping of five cards to make the
best low hand.
RULES
OF SEVEN-CARD STUD HIGH-LOW
1.
All rules for seven-card stud apply to seven-card
stud high-low split, except as otherwise noted.
2.
A qualifier of 8-or-better for low applies to
all high-low split games, unless a specific posting
to the contrary is displayed. If there is no qualifying
hand for low, the best high hand wins the whole
pot.
3.
A player may use any five cards to make the best
high hand and any five cards, whether the same
as the high hand or not, to make the best low
hand.
4.
The low card by suit initiates the action on the
first round, with an ace counting as a high card
for this purpose.
5.
An ace may be used for high or low.
6.
Straights and flushes do not affect the value
of a low hand.
7.
Fixed-limit games use the lower limit on third
and fourth streets and the upper limit on subsequent
rounds. An open pair on fourth street does not
affect the limit.
8.
Splitting pots is only determined by the cards
and not by agreement among players.
9.
When there is an odd chip in a pot, the chip goes
to the high hand. If two players split the pot
by tying for both the high and the low, the pot
shall be split as evenly as possible, and the
player with the highest card by suit receives
the odd chip. When making this determination,
all cards are used, not just the five cards used
for the final hand played.
10.
When there is one odd chip in the high portion
of the pot and two or more high hands split all
or half the pot, the odd chip goes to the player
with the high card by suit. When two or more low
hands split half the pot, the odd chip goes to
the player with the low card by suit.
Rules
provided by Bob Ciaffone via ROBERT’S RULES OF
POKER
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