Seven Card Stud: High Low Stud Rules

Seven-Card Stud: The High and Low Rules of it all!

It is a pretty well-known fact that seven-card stud is rising in popularity all over the place. Casinos have been adding it to their businesses for years and with more and more people dipping into this amazing card game, it is hard to know the rules exactly. In this article though, we will go through all of the rules of seven-card stud hi-low.

Now, even though it sounds absolutely complicated and difficult to master, seven-card stud hi-low is not all that hard, it is actually very easy to master and learn. There are a few differences between hi-lo games and high only games is the fact that the lowest hand gets half of the pot. For instance, a hand such as A-2-3-4-5, would end up with half of the pot versus none.

Now, a low hand can contain either a flush or a straight, but definitely can not have any pairs in it. Although, the highest card permitted in the low part of hi-lo is an eight.

The basic rules of seven-card stuff hi-lo are the same as seven-card hi, there are just a few differences. All of the players will receive three cards, two of them being facedown while the other one is faceup on the table. The hand with the lowest ranking card faceup on the table will be the one that starts out all of the betting and once the betting goes around the entire table, all of the players will receive another card faceup.

When you are playing, you can use any five cards to make a really good high hand or any five cards to make a really good low hand, just be sure you keep that in mind when you are playing. An ace may be used for either a high or a low card, so if you have an ace, you are in good shape.

Now, splitting the pots is determined only by the cards and not by the players. Many players get this mixed up, but the cards are the ones that dictate the splitting of the pots. If you find yourself in the situation where you find an odd chip in the pot, the chip is going to go to the high hand. If it happens that two players end up tying for high and low hands, the pot should be split as evenly as possible. Although, that one odd chip would go to the player with the highest card by suit, so be aware of that when you are splitting up the pots.

When you are in a situation where the one odd chip is in the high portion of the pot and two other players split all or at least half of the pot, that odd chip is going to go to the player with the highest card by suit. As you can probably tell from the pattern, the cards really do dictate everything when it comes to splitting up the pot, so there should be no arguments.