Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
For detailed information on simultaneous declarations before the
For detailed information on simultaneous declarations before the showdown and High-Low betting restrictions, see General Rules for Poker.
Strategy at Seven Card High-Low Stud
Strategy at Seven Card High-Low Stud Most of the tips, hints, and strategies listed under Five Card Stud, Seven Card Stud and Razz are applicable to Seven Card High-Low Stud Declare, plus the following. The accepted strategy rule in this version of High-Low Stud is to start off by playing for low. If your first dealt cards are queen, queen, and a two, you are destined for a high declaration. However, at the showdown, you may find a starting low hand ending up with three of a kind or two big pairs and beating you for high. Consequently, to give your playing the flexibility of making either a low or high hand or both, it is best to start out playing for low.