Low Hand Rankings

[murfnyc]

I am starting to play other variants, including variants of low-hand poker, and I am trying to get the hand rankings sorted out.

Is this following a good (correct) summary:

Razz:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8

Stud H/L:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8

Omaha H/L:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- Axxx8 beats 2xxx7

Triple Draw (A-5):
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8

Triple Draw (2-7):
- Nut Low 23457
- Flushes & Straights count
- 3xxx8 beats 2xxx9


Thanks in advance

[SheridanCat]

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Razz:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8


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I don't play razz, but I think you're correct.

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Stud H/L:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8


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Correct

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Omaha H/L:
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- Axxx8 beats 2xxx7


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No, the 7 high beats the 8 high.

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Triple Draw (A-5):
- Nut Low A2345
- Flushes & Straights don't count
- 2xxx7 beats Axxx8


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Correct, I believe. I've only played this a couple times.

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Triple Draw (2-7):
- Nut Low 23457
- Flushes & Straights count
- 3xxx8 beats 2xxx9


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Correct.

Regards,

T

Edit: I find it a lot easier to think of these hands when I put the high card first, since that's the first comparison you make. So, the wheel in O/8 is 5432A and in 2-7 it's 75432. That's personal preference, but pretty commonly done.

[AKQJ10]

Good to see someone else like me who dabbles in the lowball variants! Life's too short to play hold 'em all the time....

SheridanCat's reply looks right, but to summarize:

There are really only two hand valuations. A-5 low for razz, stud, Omaha, and pretty much everything else, include A-5 triple draw; and 2-7 for 2-7 TD lowball. Only in the latter do straights and flushes matter.

Your confusion may be because in Omaha, the five-card hand is assembled differently, but the ranks are the same as in all other A-5 lowball games.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Real easy. In all low or split games except 2-7 lowball, think of an ace as a 1 and arrange the cards in descending order. The smallest number wins.

A2347 vs. 23456 becomes 74321 vs. 65432. The lower number wins.

In many home games that are played high-low declare, straights and flushes cannot be used as lows and 6432A is the nut low.

[Spota]

Right. I always look at it as the "lowest high card", but your way seems easier and more logical.