Stud Variants - Razz

[kompressaur]

Im just in wikipedia as i was wanting to find out about Razz after seeing it on a list in a site mentioned by Graham on my freerolls thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stud_po...don_lowball.29

Razz (and London lowball)

Razz is seven-card stud played with ace-to-five low hand values. It is usually played with a bring-in, paid by the player with the highest-ranking upcard on the initial deal (aces are always low cards in Razz, even for the purpose of assigning the bring-in). On the second and subsequent rounds, the player with the lowest exposed hand starts the betting.

London lowball is seven-card stud played with ace-to-six low hand values. It is usually played at pot limit or no limit, and is otherwise identical to Razz.

Here's a sample Razz deal (suits are omitted here because they are never of consequence in Razz; in London lowball, a flush cannot play as a low hand but otherwise they don't generally matter either). Alice deals each player two downcards and then one upcard: Bob's upcard is a J, Carol is dealt a 3, David an A, and Alice a 4. Bob's J is the high card (David's A is low), so he pays a $1 bring-in. Carol, David, and Alice all call. Now Bob is dealt a 9, Carol another 3, David a 4, and Alice a 2. The best low hand showing is now David's 4-A, just beating Alice's 4-2. David bets $1, Alice calls. Bob folds his J-9, and Carol calls (her pair of 3s is the worst hand showing, but there are still many cards to come). Alice now deals Carol an A, David a K, and herself an 8. The low hand showing is now Alice's 8-4-2, so she bets $2. Carol raises $2, and David folds. Alice calls, ending the round. Carol is now dealt a 6, and Alice another 8. Now the lowest hand showing is Carol's 3-3-6-A, a pair of 3s being lower than Alice's pair of 8s. She bets $2 and Alice calls. A final downcard is dealt, Carol again bets $2, and Alice calls. Alice reveals that her downcards are 7-J-A, making her lowest five-card hand an 8-7-4-2-A. Carol reveals her downcards to be a 4-6-7, making her lowest five-card hand a 7-6-4-3-A, which wins the pot

im gfor a read of all that later. Anyone got anything interesting i could look at about all the differant poker games? Obviously i'll be wanting to be able to play them all

[Scottieboy08]

I would like to play Razz at some point komp, but I've been told you need patience more than any other card game played. It's hard to be a loose player at razz I think.

A game I do like and play on occasions is Omaha Hi/Lo which is similar to both Razz and Omaha (high), where you can have a chop for best 'high' hand (best poker hand) and best 'low', being A2345 as the nuts. Good game

[Jezza]

I dont really like these games, or the hi-lo split variations . I have no doubt they are great games full of skill but I just hate it when every pot is fcuking split