The Basics of Understanding Poker Hand Rankings

hands are ranked as follows from lowest to highest: High card: If nobody has a pair or

If two or more hands tie for high or low, they divide their half of the pot equally In most games the lowest possible hand is 7-5-4-3-2 in two or more suits,

lowest pocket pair in poker nyt In HiLo games, there is always an Eight qualifier for the low In other words, to qualify as a low hand, you must have five different cards ranked Eight or

lowest hand in poker High Low Chicago tweaks the formula on Seven-card Stud so the game can be about the highest or the lowest hand There can also be two