Online Casino High-low Games

In casino high-low seven-card stud, the lowest card opens the betting in the first round of play, and it's a mandatory bet. Thereafter, in all future rounds, the high hand acts first, and may begin play by checking or betting as desired.

PRIVATE AND CASINO LOW GAMES
In private seven-card low stud games, the player holding the lowest open card (the ace counts as the lowest card in low poker) acts first and must make the mandatory opening bet. Conversely, in the casino games of seven-card low stud, the highest ranking open card makes the required opening bet. There is no first round checking in these games either—players must call the opener, raise, or fold.

In all subsequent rounds, in the private and casino versions of seven-card low stud, the lowest ranking open hand acts first and may check or bet as desired. For example, a player showing 8 6 2 A on board, an 8 6 hand, opens against a player showing a pair of 6s, 6 6 3 2, while a 6 4 2 A board would open against a 7 3 2 A.

EXAMPLE GAME
Let's look at how the betting works in seven-card poker using a $5-$ 10 high stud game as an example. In the private game, the high-card player must make a set bet, in this case $5. If the game were $l-$2, the opener would be $1, and in a $15-$30 game, $15 would be the opener. Subsequent players must either call that $5 bet, fold, or, if they want, raise that bet by $5 to make it $10 to the next player. All bets and raises in this first betting round, called third street, are in $5 increments, the lower limit of the $5-$ 10 betting tier.

The casino $5-$ 10 game varies slightly. There, the forced opening bet, called the blind, is a $1 bet, and the first raise is $3 only. (These numbers may vary depending upon the casino, but they are always lower than the lower limit.) Thereafter, all bets and raises this round are in $5 increments. For example, if the opening $1 bet was raised $3 by the second player to act, the third player needs to call the $1 blind and the $3 raise, a total of $4 to stay in the pot. If the third player raises as well, his raise would have to be $5. The next player would need to call $9 worth of bets and raises to play.

When play returns to the opener in either the casino or private game, the opener must call all raises that succeeded his opener to stay in the game, as would any player who also had a raise follow his or her position. In the above example, the opener needs to call the $3 and $5 raises to play, while the second player, the first raiser, must call just the $5 raise.

The next betting round is called fourth street. Each active player receives a face-up card. Everyone now holds a total of four cards, two open and two closed. Play in this round, as in all future rounds, is the same in both the casino and private versions. It begins with the player holding the highest ranking hand on board (or, in low poker, the lowest ranking), and moves clockwise around the table. When two or more players hold identically ranked cards, the player closest to the dealer's left will play first.
All bets and raises this round are in $5 increments unless an open pair shows on board, in which case players can open with a $10 bet. From fourth street on, the opening player is not forced to make a bet. He may open betting by just checking. It is only on third street that an opening bet is required.

Once fourth street betting is concluded, another open card is dealt. Players now have a total of three face up cards in addition to their two down cards. This round is called fifth street, and all bets and raises on this round and on the following two rounds—sixth and seventh streets—are in $10 increments, the upper tier of the $5-$ 10 betting limit. (In a $3-$6 game, bets would be in $6 increments, and in a $15-$30 games, $30 increments.)

After fifth street betting closes, players receive their fourth open card. This next betting round is called sixth street, since all remaining players now have a total of six cards.

Seventh street is the next round, and each remaining player receives his last card face down. This is the final betting round in seven-card stud, and it's followed by the showdown. Each player chooses five cards out of the seven total he holds to form his best hand. In seven-card high stud, the best high hand wins, and in the lower stud version, the five best low cards will claim the pot.

Let's examine the showdown in seven-card high-low stud to see how it differs from the high and low stud variations.

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In casino versions of seven-card high stud, unlike in private games, the player holding the lowest open card must open betting. When two players have identically valued low cards, the player with the lower ranked suit plays first. For this purpose only, the suits are ranked in order of strength, beginning with spades, the highest, and followed in descending order by hearts, diamonds, and clubs.

For example, if the lowest cards showing are the 3* and the 3v, the 3* will open the betting. As in the private game, in the first round of play, the player who goes first is required to make an opening bet, and all following players, in turn, must call, raise, or fold. In subsequent rounds, the player holding the highest ranking open hand acts first, and he may check or bet to begin play.

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