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Understanding Razz Poker

Razz poker, also known as “five or seven card stud low,” is one of dozens of poker games available today. To understand Razz poker, it’s a good idea to understand the basic rules and terminology used in all poker games. The other names for Razz poker, Five-Card-Stud-Low and Seven-Card-Stud-Low, refer to a game in which each player is initially dealt two cards face down and one card face up.

The player with the lowest face card must start betting. Players get rid of any unused “burn” cards and are dealt an additional face card to make up for the card placed on the discard pile. The cards are dealt in such a way until they total five or seven face cards. The object of the game is to get the best set of five or seven cards with the lowest ranking. In this game, aces are played as the number “1” so that they can be played “low” and built with a 2, 3, etc. The best hand in Five-Card Stud Low is 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace and in Seven Card Stud Low Razz Poker the best hand is 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace.

It’s also important to know basic poker terminology, although “hand” terminology isn’t relevant in Razz poker. Straights, flushes, full house, etc. mean nothing in five and seven card stud-low. Terms that are important include: “rank” or the number of the card: 2, 3,4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace; “suits”, which can be spades, hearts, clubs or diamonds; “all-in”, which is to bet all your chips; “ante”, which is a forced bet where players must bet equal amounts; and “hand”, which can be a straight flush, four of a kind, full house, straight, three of a kind, two pair, two pair, a pair, or a high card hand.

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