Texas Hold'em HI/LO

[chillrob]

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.

[greggg230]

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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

[deucethree]

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.

[Amanjyaku]

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.

[TheChad]

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.

[TheChad]

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.

[Al Mirpuri]

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...