How To Play Lowball Poker
PokerStars.com is a site that allows you to play low-hand poker games. There are several variations of lowball, including Badugi, Razz, Badugi, 2-7 Single draw and 2-7 triple draw. Badugi is perhaps the most difficult lowball poker game to learn, but you can easily master the hand rankings.
Here is a link to an article that explains all the lowball poker hand rankings: Lowball hand ranking
Before you start learning how to play lowball Poker, you have to choose which of the lowball games you would like to learn. Below is a brief description and a link that will take you to another article which will teach you how to play the specific lowball poker game.
Razz Poker: Razz Poker has been a very popular lowball game of poker. It's basically 7 Card Stud with lowball hand rankings. Each player is dealt seven cards. The best (lowest) five card hand wins the game. Straights and flushes do not count in Razz. Razz uses the ace-five hand ranking system, so A-2-3-4-5 is the absolute nuts.
You can find more information about Razz poker rules, and how to play Razz poker at this link: How do you play Razz poker
Badugi: Badugi is a new form of lowball poker that was just added to the Pokerstars' game list in 2008. Badugi, a game of four cards and triple draw, uses a unique hand ranking system. This is the most difficult lowball game of poker to learn. However, even with a bit of strategy advice and experience, you will have a huge advantage over other players.
You can learn how to play Badugi by clicking this link: How To Play Badugi
2-7 Single Draw. 2-7 single draws are usually played in an open format. Each player is dealt five cards and has the opportunity to draw one more to improve their hand. The deuce to seven hand rankings system is used. Straights and flushes are counted against you, and aces and jacks are considered high cards. Online 2-7 is quite popular, both for tournament and cash players.
You can find more information at this link: How To Play 2-7 Single Draw
2-7 Triple Draw - 2-7 Triple Draw is a similar game to 2-7 Single Draw, except that players can draw three times to increase their chances of winning. Triple Draw is slightly more popular than single draw. It is typically played in limit format. Although the online games get a lot of traffic from the larger sites, the quality of play is very poor. When your regular games are not good, you can add Single Draw and Triple Draw to your game arsenal to ensure you always have fish to catch.
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