Can Ace Be High Or Low In Poker

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Aces are considered low—they can form a set with other aces but only the low end of runs (A♠ 2♠ 3♠ is a legal run but Q♠ K♠ A♠ is not). A player can form any combination of melds within their hand; all sets, all runs, or some sets and some runs.

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This is the system often used in home poker games, straights and flushes count, and aces are low cards. Under Ace-to-6, 5-4-3-2-A is a bad hand because it is a straight. The best low hand is 6-4-3-2-A. Since aces are low, A-K-Q-J-10 is not a straight and is considered king-down (or king-low). Standard Poker Rankings. A standard deck of cards has 52 in a pack. Individually cards rank, high to. You can have an Ace high straight (10,J,Q,K,A) or a 5 high straight (A,2,3,4,5). There are home games and variation games that make use of straights like you're describing, they're called 'wrap around' straights.

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A variation on 7-card stud, where every player has at least one wild card...

Overview:

This is just like 7-Card Stud, but with an interesting system for wild cards. The lowest card that each individual player has face-down (aka 'in the hole') is wild for that player - as are cards of the same value. So if a player's face-down cards at the end of the hand are 7, 4, and 3, then all 3's in that player's hand are wild. (Note: Aces are always high compared to any other card for the purposes of determining the low-hold card.)

Is Ace High And Low In Poker

Now, notice that in 7-card stud, your last face-down card is the last card you receive. So if you're in the middle of the game, with 2 face down and 4 face-up cards, and your low face-down card is a 5, and you have two 5's face-up, then you have THREE wild cards! That's a good situation to be in. But that last face-down card could be a 2; then your 5's would cease to be wild. That's why there's the option to 'buy' your last card face-up; you can pay $2.00, for example, to have that last card be face-up instead of face-down, to protect a fragile multiple-wild-card situation. It sounds complicated in writing, but once you've played this game a few times, it'll make perfect sense!

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Give this game a shot - it's definitely one of the most enjoyable games I know. Big hands tend to win, too - four of a kinds, straight flushes - I've even seen two five of a kinds go against each other! It's a blast...