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What Is Razz Lowball Poker?

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Among the many casino games and especially the card game variants played around the world, poker is one card game that is enjoyed everywhere. One of the variants that are becoming increasingly popular at the poker tables around the world is Razz Lowball Poker. This is a variant of the older version - stud poker. Razz Lowball Poker is usually played as an ace-to-five low game. Hence the term lowball in the name.

The game has its own set of rules and actually merges with other poker variants on and off. The main objective of a game of Razz Lowball Poker is to secure a lowest five-card hand. This is of course out of the seven cards that are originally dealt at the beginning, to each player. In Razz Lowball Poker neither do the flushes or the straights count or make a difference to the game. They have no value for low since the game's rules only acknowledge the ace as low - always!

In any game of Razz Lowball Poker the best hand you can ever play is a 5-4-3-2-A, or if you have a 5 high. Such a hand is also referred to as "the wheel" in Razz Lowball Poker and sometimes "the bicycle" by enthusiasts. Along the same variation it is also observed that the Deuce-to-seven Razz played also fits in. Interestingly, the term Razz comes from the full form of the letter "R" is the game featured in acronym H.O.R.S.E!

The game is really no different from the good old seven-card stud. The only difference is that in Razz Lowball Poker the lowest hand wins. Of all the seven cards dealt, the winner only shows the best five (at a low) that help to make a complete hand. The game of Razz Lowball Poker is usually played at poker tables with a maximum of eight players. The poker variant has limit betting or a certain pre-fixed amount that can be bet per player in each round of the game.

Each player antes, ebbing given two cards (face down). These cards are also called the hole cards. The next is a card with the face up or the "door card". The game commences with the highest door card making the "bring it in" or mandatory first bet. This bet is usually only a third or sometimes half of the full limit of the regular bet set at the beginning of the game. In Razz Lowball Poker if at the poker table there are two people who show a door card of the same rank, then the bring in is decided upon by suit.

In Razz Lowball Poker spades is the highest suit possible. Thereafter the next best suit is the hearts, then the diamonds and finally the clover. Interestingly, the King of spades is actually the worst door card a player of Razz Lowball Poker could show! This card is a guaranteed bring-in. These rules can be easily learned online as well as offline, via dedicated resources who are professional Razz Lowball Poker players!