Rules of Seven-Card Stud High-Low (8)

The same rules as standard Seven Stud up until the showdown. Then the pot is split equally between the best high hand, and the best qualifying low hand. If there is no qualifying low hand, the high hand wins the entire pot. Straights and flushes do not count against the low, but pairs do. To qualify, no card from the low hand may be above an 8.

A player can scoop both high and low, winning the entire pot. This can be done with one five-card hand that works both ways . . .

{Ah, 2h, 3h, 4h, 5h} (The best possible low, as well as a straight flush) . . . or with two different five-card hands made up from the same holding. {2s, 4s, 5d, 6c, 7s, Js, Qs.} This Seven-Stud holding represents a Queen-high flush, as well as a 7-low.

Order of play

1. All players ante.

2. Each player is dealt two hole cards face down, and one door card face up. (Your hole cards will appear face-up on your screen, but no one else can see them. We promise.)

3. There is a round of betting, started by the bring-in.

4. Each player is dealt another card, face-up (fourth street).

5. There is a round of betting.

6. Each player is dealt another card, face-up (fifth street).

7. There is a round of betting.

8. Each player is dealt another card, face-up (sixth street).

9. There is a round of betting.

10. Each player is dealt another card, face-down (the river).

11. There is a final round of betting. (Gee, that's a lot of betting.)

The pot is split evenly between the best five-card high hand and the best qualifying five-card low hand. If multiple players show the identical best hand, that half of the pot is split evenly between those players.

Seven-Card Stud H/L (8) is offered only in Fixed Limit structure. The first two betting rounds are at the lower limit; the last three rounds are at the higher limit.