I've played a lot of variations of Stud Hi/Lo, from "8 or better" to "A-6 declare" to "pair no pair" cards speak etc, but I was reading one of DN's blog today and saw that they were playing "Stud hi/lo regular" which meant that there was no qualifier for a hi or low hand. Wouldn't pots be split so much more than usual making it kinda pointless? For example, if Player A had a full house and Player B had trips or two pair, does Player A take the high and Player B take the low? I'm probably just misunderstanding the details of the game so any clarifications would help. Also I've read the Hi/lo section in Super System but a very long time ago. From what I can remember, the game discussed was "pair, no pair" where you have to have a pair to qualify for high and no pair to qualify for low. Did I understand that right?

Here's the link to the blog entry....

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-jour...&ucat=&

Anybody?

I don't think there are any qualifications for this game. However, I bet the general strategy is to play shitty hands since you can always make pairs, straights, and flushes as you go along. I've never played or read anything about it though so I might be wrong. It sounds like a fun game, but I've never heard it being spread anywhere.

i dont think there is a pair no pair qualifier.

i remember a hand where daniel said that based on another players board there is no way that he could have got both halves but the other guy mucked.

think stud8 just no 8.

I think you might be forgetting for a moment that in a seven card game the low can be formed with different cards than the high.

Nope, not forgetting that. Read DN's blog that I posted and notice he says:

""Kings up, Abe," I said. Abe just looked in disgust and then finally revealed that he'd made three pairs! 66,44, and 33, which meant that I had a better two pair and my King low beat his pair of 33 low."

His low hand was a pair of 3's and his high hand was 6's and 4's. Mainly, I'm trying to find out if a situation arose where Player A has AAA1010KJ, and Player B has 44433A2, does Player B just basically default to 33A24 to win the low? I mean it makes sense, just kinda strange.

Edit: I can see why you thought I forgot about different cards to make up both hands. The example I used was incorrect....my bad. After re-evaluating some specific hands, it makes sense. It must be much harder to scoop pots though. And, I re-read the section in Super System...it was this game that was discussed. It's just not commonly spread anymore.