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7 Card Stud Poker Hi Lo - Learn How To Play

The game of Seven Card Stud Hi Lo is a very interesting game, but be warned it can be a very hard game to master and it will require a lot of skill, patience and a full understanding of the rules.

The basics of the game are that at the showdown stage of the game the players who have the best high and low hands will split the pot.

All players are dealt by the dealer 7 cards during the game and it is the hands that are deemed to be the best as determined by the poker hand rankings that will be determined the winners, namely as mentioned the highest and lowest hands.

The highest hand possible in Seven Card Stud Hi Low Poker is a Royal Flush then in order are the following best highest ranked hands:

Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a kind, Two pair, One pair, High card.

The lowest ranked hands in Seven Card Stud Hi Low Poker are, in order, the following:

Five High, Six High, Seven High, Eight High. Always be aware that Aces are the lowest card when considering a low hand.

In the game of Seven Card Stud Hi Low Poker it is always played with an 8 or better type qualifier, and this simply means that a hand must be at worst an 8 for a low to be able to win the low portion of the pot.

7 Card Stud Poker Hi Lo - To Begin A Game

A game of 7 Card Stud Hi Low can only begin once all players have placed what is called an ante, this is a small amount you need to place into the pot to set the game on its way.

Once this has been done all players will then be given two cards which are face down and one face up.

As with the standard game of Seven Card Stud Poker the player who has the lowest face up card has to place a bring in bet which is either a half a small bet or a full small bet.

The game will then begin in earnest in a clockwise motion and follow the same game play as the standard game of Seven Card Stud Poker.

7 Card Stud Poker Hi Lo - The Winning Hands

At the final stage of the game commonly known as the showdown the player who has the best High hand and also the player who has the best Low hand will share the pot on a 50/50 basis.

Should however no hand qualify for taking the low hand pot element then the high hand player will take the entire pot.

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