Texas Hold\'em HI/LO
 

One of the local games I frequent has decided to start a round-n-round of Omaha Hi/Lo and Texas Hold'em Hi/Lo. Any input is appreciated as far as starting hands or game concepts on the Texas Hold'em Hi/Lo.

Thanx

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Is there a qualifier for the low? How does the game work.

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I don't know! Guess I'll have to let ya'll know more at a later date! Stay tuned

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Ive always wondered why ive never heard of texas holdem high low as i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be played, maybe lows are too easy to make? Infact what if there is a low on the board, then the player with say top set would be well pissed off. Hard one.

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I would imagine it isn't played because it would be extremely hard to scoop a pot. You would usually need a straight or a flush to have two live cards to qualify for a low and even then your low hand might not be best.

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Ive always wondered why ive never heard of texas holdem high low as i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be played, maybe lows are too easy to make? Infact what if there is a low on the board, then the player with say top set would be well pissed off. Hard one.

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Why would he be pissed off. He'd take the high pot and split the low pot?

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I've played this in a home game before and we played it w/o a qualifier. There was a ton of action but my game was full of rich idiots.

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OK, here's how the game was played:
everyone received two cards down then a round of betting,
three cards up on the green felt for everyone to enjoy and a round of betting,
turn card and a round of betting,
then everyone left is dealt a card down followed with a round of betting.
You can use one, two or all three cards in your hand!

At $10-20, there were some nice pots to be had(or not!)
I think after one more night I should have a pretty good feel for the game.

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everyone received two cards down then a round of betting,

You can use one, two or all three cards in your hand!



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I hope you took advantage of the fact that putting an extra card into your hand (through whatever means) was allowed!

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everyone received two cards down then a round of betting,

You can use one, two or all three cards in your hand!



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I hope you took advantage of the fact that putting an extra card into your hand (through whatever means) was allowed!

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reading comprehension

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OK, I missed that the last hand was dealt down to each player.

I don't think this should even be called "holdem" though, it is now a completely different game.

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OK, I missed that the last hand was dealt down to each player.

I don't think this should even be called "holdem" though, it is now a completely different game.

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agree completely

Re: Texas Hold\'em HI/LO
 

I like it. River prolly gets a lot of action as people can make sneaky big hand over hands. Prolly does belong in "home games" if played like that though.

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There's been some discussion of this game over the years. You might try searching the archives or googling RGP. Search for "river down hold em," or "high low hold em," etc.

I've seen it spread in card rooms, but not since the 90s.

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At my own home game, we were bored one night. We had played everything we could think of. TD27, stud, stud/8, O, O/8, NLHE, 5-stud, 5-draw. Then we played double-flop PLO. Then DF PLO/8. Then DF NLHE/8. It was sick! Action increased by the exponent. I recommend dropping the stakes to about 20% or less of your normal home game though to compensate for all of the action.

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We used the normal NLHE rules though. And DF PLO/8 was by far the most intricate game I've EVER played. You're lucky if you quarter the pot with 6 people playing.

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I have only seen holdem hilo described in one book and that was a compendium of poker games. It said it was to easy to have the nuts for low and that is why it was not played but that seems a poor reason as it would seem no different to Omaha but I have a feeling that scooping would be difficult so pretty much every pot would be divided...